Cardiac computed tomographic angiography in an outpatient setting: an analysis of clinical outcomes over a 40-month period.

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Published in J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr on January 29, 2009

Authors

Ambarish Gopal1, Khurram Nasir, Naser Ahmadi, Khawar Gul, Jima Tiano, Margarita Flores, Emily Young, Anne M Witteman, Tate C Holland, Ferdinand Flores, Song S Mao, Matthew J Budoff

Author Affiliations

1: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, 1124 W. Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.

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