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Comment
. 2005 Oct 25;173(9):1034.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.051249.

Can coronary calcification measured by CT predict future coronary events?

Manu Prabhakar  1 , Dennis T Ko
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Can coronary calcification measured by CT predict future coronary events?

Manu Prabhakar et al. CMAJ. .
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