Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 12 , Pages 1214-1230 , December 2009

MRI and CT appearances of cardiac tumours in adults

  • E.T.D. Hoey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals NHS Trust, UK
    • Department of Radiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    • Department of Radiology, Heart of England NHS Trust, UK
    • ,
  • K. Mankad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals NHS Trust, UK
    • ,
  • S. Puppala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals NHS Trust, UK
    • ,
  • D. Gopalan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • M.U. Sivananthan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals NHS Trust, UK
    • Department of Cardiology, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals NHS Trust, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: Department of Cardiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds UK.

Received 23 July 2009 ,Revised 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 12 , Pages 1214-1230 , December 2009

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