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Adenosine induced coronary vasospasm during Rubidium PET myocardial perfusion scan in a patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis

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  1. Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Saadia Aslam MBChB, Muhammad Khan MBBS & Luigi Venetucci MD

  2. Manchester Royal Infirmary, Nuclear Medicine Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Parthiban Arumugam MBBS, MSc, FRCP

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Aslam, S., Khan, M., Venetucci, L. et al. Adenosine induced coronary vasospasm during Rubidium PET myocardial perfusion scan in a patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 24, 1114–1116 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-016-0566-4

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