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Ionizing Radiation in Cardiac Imaging. A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiac Imaging of the Council on Clinical Cardiology and Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention of the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention

Thomas C. Gerber MD, PhD, FAHA, Chair, J. Jeffrey Carr MD, MPH, Co-Chair, Andrew E. Arai MD, FAHA, Robert L. Dixon PhD, Victor A. Ferrari MD, FAHA, Antoinette S. Gomes MD, FAHA, Gary V. Heller MD, FAHA, Cynthia H. McCollough PhD, Michael F. McNitt-Gray PhD, Fred A. Mettler MD, Jennifer H. Mieres MD, FAHA, Richard L. Morin PhD, and Michael V. Yester PhD

Key words: AHA Scientific Statements • imaging • radiation

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