The Assessment of Cardiac Masses by Cardiac CT and CMR Including Pre-op 3D Reconstruction and Planning

Stephen Liddy1, Colin McQuade1, Kevin Walsh2, B Loo3, Orla Buckley1
1Department of Radiology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
2Department of Cardiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
3Department of Cardiology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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