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Is there a role for imaging heart teams? Looking forward together!

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RSB is the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Vered Chair in Cardiology. He is a Tier 1 Research Chair supported by the University of Ottawa and was a career investigator supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. He has received research grant support and honoraria from Lantheus Medical Imaging, Jubilant DraxImage and GE Healthcare.

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Beanlands, R.S.B. Is there a role for imaging heart teams? Looking forward together!. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 26, 1040–1041 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01722-y

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