Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 5 , Pages 349-357 , May 2010

Cross-sectional imaging appearances of cardiac aneurysms

Received 6 November 2009 ,Revised 9 February 2010 ,Accepted 14 February 2010.

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Clinical Radiology
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