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The case for cardiac magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography multimodality imaging of myocardial viability

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Beller, G.A. The case for cardiac magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography multimodality imaging of myocardial viability. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 17, 527–528 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-010-9270-y

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