Myocardial Late Iodine Enhancement Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
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SUBMITTER: Nishihara T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10247347 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
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Myocardial Late Iodine Enhancement Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Nishihara Takahiro T Miyoshi Toru T Akagi Noriaki N Nakashima Mitsutaka M Nakamura Kazufumi K Ito Hiroshi H
Circulation reports 20230518 6
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