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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine/Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East-210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467-2490, USA

    Ramya S. Rao MD & Mark I. Travin MD

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Rao, R.S., Travin, M.I. A hole in the heart. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 1151–1154 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-014-0059-2

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