CT angiography for coronary graft assessment

Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre^{1

2}, Louis-Mathieu Stevens^{1

3}, Samer Mansour^{1

4}, Nicolas Noiseux^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.
² Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.

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Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;10(1):E77-E78.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.136.

Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre^{1

2}, Louis-Mathieu Stevens^{1

3}, Samer Mansour^{1

4}, Nicolas Noiseux^{1

3}

¹ Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.
² Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal (Québec), Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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