Calcium score and coronary plaque

Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT

Volumn 9788847025226, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-137

  Seitun, Sara ^a   Maffei, Erica ^a   Martini, Chiara ^a   Morelli, Margherita Castiglione ^a   Palumbo, Anselmo A ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-2522-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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