Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 7 , Pages 632-638 , July 2007

Multi-detector row CT coronary angiography in patients with cardiomyopathy – initial single-centre experience

  • N.E. Manghat

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Clinical Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: N.E. Manghat, Department of Clinical Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK. Tel.: +44 01752 792186. fax: +44 01752 792185.
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  • G.J. Morgan-Hughes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
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  • S.R. Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Department of School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK
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  • A.J. Broadley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
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  • L. Gogola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
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  • A.J. Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
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  • C.A. Roobottom

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Clinical Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

Received 13 November 2006 ,Revised 3 January 2007 ,Accepted 8 January 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00069-4

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.014

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 7 , Pages 632-638 , July 2007

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