International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 108-115 , October 2009

Cardiac computed tomographic angiography for risk stratification and prediction of late cardiovascular outcome events in patients with a chest pain syndrome

  • Ronen Rubinshtein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • David A. Halon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Tamar Gaspar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Nathan Peled

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Basil S. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence author. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Heart Hospital at Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, 34362, Israel. Tel.: +972 4 8250288; fax: +972 4 8343755.

Received 7 February 2008 ,Revised 30 May 2008 ,Accepted 28 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.031

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 108-115 , October 2009

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