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Hansen, C.L., Goldstein, R.A., Berman, D.S. et al. Myocardial perfusion and function single photon emission computed tomography. J Nucl Cardiol 13, e97–e120 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.08.008

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