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Preliminary Communication

Metaverse-based cardiac magnetic resonance imaging simulation application for overcoming claustrophobia: a preliminary feasibility trial

Ioannis Skalidisa School of Medicine,Heraklion University Hospital/University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece;b Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dimitri Arangalageb Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland;c Department of Cardiology, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Ioannis Kachrimanidisd Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Panagiotis Antiochosb Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Konstantinos Tsioufisd Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Stephane Fournierb Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Emmanouil Skalidisa School of Medicine,Heraklion University Hospital/University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Iacopo Olivottoe Meyer's Children Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy;f Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Niccolo Maurizib Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland;f Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Received 18 Aug 2023, Accepted 16 Apr 2024, Published online: 03 May 2024

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