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The role of stress myocardial perfusion imaging in the risk stratification of patients with remote myocardial infarction

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Travin, M.I. The role of stress myocardial perfusion imaging in the risk stratification of patients with remote myocardial infarction. J Nucl Cardiol 11, 656–659 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.08.005

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