CT Will Overtake Cardiac Angiograms In MI Diagnosis – Cleveland Clinic Doc
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Multi-slice computed tomography scanning of patients who present to the ER with chest pains will become routine clinical practice within the next two years, cardiologist Mario Garcia, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, maintained Oct. 18
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