Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

, Volume 25, Issue 1, pp 157–163 | Cite as

Measurement of MBF by PET is ready for prime time as an integral part of clinical reports in diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with known or suspected CAD-PRO

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.From the CV Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUSA
  2. 2.The Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of RadiologyBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUSA
  3. 3.The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUSA

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