President's page: Cardiovascular imaging: A look to the past, present and future

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2331-2334

  Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870228279     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.008     Document Type: Editorial

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