Dr. Sven Piepenburg

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Personal experiences in MRI: A cardiologist's perspective
Dr. Sven Piepenburg is training to become a cardiologist at Würzburg University Hospital in Germany. He conducts about 800 MRI examinations on a 3-tesla scanner, mostly on patients with suspected myocardial infarction or inflammation. In this column, he writes about his experiences.
January 15, 2017
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