Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , January 2009

Myocardium selective densitometric perfusion assessment after acute myocardial infarction

  • Tamás Ungi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Imre Ungi

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Zsuzsanna Jónás

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Viktor Sasi

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • András Lassó

      Affiliations

    • General Electric Healthcare, Budaörs, Hungary
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  • Zsolt Zimmermann

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Tamás Forster

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • András Palkó

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Attila Nemes

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Medical Faculty, Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, University of Szeged, Korányi fasor 6, P.O. Box 427, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary. Tel.: +36 62 545220; fax: +36 62 544568.

Received 11 August 2008 ,Revised 14 October 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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☆ This study was partially supported by the Regional Cooperative Research Center of Life and Material Sciences of the University of Szeged together with industrial partner General Electric Healthcare Hungary. Dr. Tamás Ungi holds a Ph.D. scholarship from the University of Szeged.

PII: S1553-8389(08)00291-1

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2008.10.001

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , January 2009

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