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Vol. 149 No. 5152 (2019)

Role of imaging in primary prevention: calcium score is a robust and cost-efficient risk modifier

  • H. Yakup Yakupoglu
  • Christoph Gräni
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Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20183
Published
17.12.2019

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