Does coronary CT angiography improve risk stratification over coronary calcium scoring in symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease? Results from the prospective multicenter international CONFIRM registry.

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  2014

• Venue

  European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/ehjci/jet148PMID 23966421
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