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European Heart Journal 2000 21(2):87-91; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1834
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Electron beam computed tomography: on its way into mainstrem cardiology?

U. Sechtem

Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany

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