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Multislice CT coronary angiography: a new gold-standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease?

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boxed-textGilard M et al. (2007) Midterm prognosis of patients with suspected coronary artery disease and normal multislice computed tomography findings: a prospective management outcome study. Arch Intern Med 167: 1686–1689

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