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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The ACIST power injection system reduces the amount of contrast media delivered to the patient, as well as fluoroscopy time, during diagnostic and interventional cardiac procedures

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Pages 183-187 | Accepted 03 Oct 2005, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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