A thoughtful use of CT angiography among patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafts: more lights than shadows?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.

Comment

Umberto Barbero et al. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;7(Suppl 2):S125-S127.

doi: 10.21037/cdt.2017.05.05.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Use of CT angiography among patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
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