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Editorial

Could contrast-enhanced cardiovascular MRI potentially be used to screen pediatric cardiac transplant patients for transplant coronary artery disease?

Shelton D Caruthers Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Campus Box 8215, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. [email protected]
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Mohammad H Madani Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Campus Box 8116, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Samuel A Wickline Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Campus Box 8215, Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Charles E Canter Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Campus Box 8116, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Pages 1459-1461 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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