Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 6 , Pages 518-527 , June 2007

Assessment of adult congenital heart disease with multi-detector computed tomography – beyond coronary lumenography

  • E.D. Nicol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: E. Nicol, Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK. Tel.:/fax: +44 207 351 8577.
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  • M. Gatzoulis

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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  • S.P.G. Padley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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  • M. Rubens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

Received 18 September 2006 ,Revised 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 2 January 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00031-1

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 6 , Pages 518-527 , June 2007

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