Gaining perspective on the risks of ionizing radiation for cardiac imaging

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Lewis Wexler. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 Apr 22;63(15):1490-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.035. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

¹ Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: lew.wexler@stanford.edu.

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Keywords: ionizing radiation; patient-centered imaging; radiation safety.

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