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Editorial
. 2023 Nov;120(10):e20230708.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20230708.

The "Coming of Age" of Coronary Calcium Score?

[Article in English, Portuguese]
António Miguel Ferreira  1   2 , Rita Lima  1 , Nuno Bettencourt  3
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Editorial

The "Coming of Age" of Coronary Calcium Score?

[Article in English, Portuguese]
António Miguel Ferreira et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2023 Nov.
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