Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 49-56 , March 2008

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at High Field: Promises and Problems

  • Ahmed M. Gharib, MD

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Radiology Department and NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ahmed M. Gharib, MD, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Research Center, Bldg.10, Rm.3-5340, MSC 1263, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
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  • Abdalla Elagha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Radiology Department and NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Roderic I. Pettigrew, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NIBIB, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.11.003

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 49-56 , March 2008

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