Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 234-245 , July 2008

Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pericardium

  • Ignacio Lopez Costa, MD
    • ,
  • Sanjeev Bhalla, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110.

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PII: S0037-198X(08)00030-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2008.02.008

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 234-245 , July 2008

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