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[18F]FDG PET/CT advanced imaging in crucial management steps of a child affected by hypoplastic left heart syndrome

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This work was supported also by the Italian Ministry of Health with “Current Research funds.”

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Milena Pizzoferro, Claudio Altini, Maria Felicia Villani & Maria Carmen Garganese

  2. Cardiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Marco Alfonso Perrone

  3. Nuclear Medicine Section, Pio XI Private Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Saadi Sollaku & Emanuele Casciani

  4. Cardiovascular Radiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Aurelio Secinaro

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Pizzoferro, M., Perrone, M.A., Sollaku, S. et al. [18F]FDG PET/CT advanced imaging in crucial management steps of a child affected by hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 50, 3475–3476 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-023-06264-7

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