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Review
. 2017 Aug;40(4):151-155.
doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.045. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

The role of cardiac imaging in clinical practice

Michael Benjamin Stokes  1 , Ross Roberts-Thomson  1
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Review

The role of cardiac imaging in clinical practice

Michael Benjamin Stokes et al. Aust Prescr. 2017 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: X-ray; cardiac MRI; computed tomography coronary angiography; echocardiography; nuclear cardiology.

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Conflict of interest: none declared

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