Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 16-25 , January 2006

Heart Transplantation Imaging in the Adult

  • Aamer Chughtai (FRCR)
    • ,
  • Paul Cronin, MRCPI (FRCR)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Paul Cronin, MRCPI, FRCR, Department of Radiology, Division of Thoracic Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, B1 132F Taubman Center/0302, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0030, USA
    • ,
  • Aine Marie Kelly, MRCPI (FRCR)

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2005.08.004

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 16-25 , January 2006

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