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The Agence Régionale de Santé of Rhone-Alpes, France indirectly supported the original research work of Marie Teulade. The authors state that this work has not received any funding from industry.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Hôpital Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

    Sara Boccalini & Philippe Douek

  2. University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France

    Sara Boccalini, Philippe Douek & Philippe Moulin

  3. Department of Endocrinology, Louis Pradel University Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM UMR 1060 Carmen, Lyon, France

    Marie Teulade & Philippe Moulin

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Boccalini, S., Teulade, M., Douek, P. et al. Reply to Letter to the Editor: “Silent myocardial infarction fatty scars detected by coronary calcium score CT scan in diabetic patients without a history of coronary heart disease”. Eur Radiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-10913-2

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