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Trivascular coronary artery ectasia: Challenging hybrid PET/CT myocardial blood flow measurement

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  1. Departamento de Cardiología Nuclear, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”, Mexico, Mexico

    E. Alexanderson MD, M. M. Martínez-Aguilar MD, L. E. Juárez-Orozco MD, A. Jordán-Ríos MD, S. Maury-Ordaz MD & E. Magaña-Bailon MD

  2. Departamento de Resonancia Magnética, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”, Mexico, Mexico

    A. Meave MD

  3. Unidad PET/CT Ciclotrón, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico

    E. Alexanderson MD, M. M. Martínez-Aguilar MD & L. E. Juárez-Orozco MD

  4. Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Universidad de Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    L. E. Juárez-Orozco MD

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Alexanderson, E., Martínez-Aguilar, M.M., Juárez-Orozco, L.E. et al. Trivascular coronary artery ectasia: Challenging hybrid PET/CT myocardial blood flow measurement. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 21, 1035–1038 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-014-9888-2

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