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Transthyretin cardiac amyloid and aortic stenosis in the elderly, the role of nuclear imaging

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  1. U.O. di Cardiologia, Ospedale per gli Infermi, Faenza, RA, Italy

    Elisa Merli, Athanassios Antonopoulos, Gianadrea Amadei & Elisabetta Varani

  2. U.O. di Medicina Nucleare, Ospedale per gli Infermi, Faenza, RA, Italy

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Merli, E., Giudice, E.D., Antonopoulos, A. et al. Transthyretin cardiac amyloid and aortic stenosis in the elderly, the role of nuclear imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 33, 947–949 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-016-1060-4

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