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Proceedings of the ASNC Cardiac PET Summit, 12 May 2014, Baltimore, MD

1: The value of PET: Integrating cardiovascular PET into the care continuum

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    Rob Beanlands MD

  2. Gagnon Cardiovascular Institite, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ, USA

    Gary V. Heller MD, PhD

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Beanlands, R., Heller, G.V. Proceedings of the ASNC Cardiac PET Summit, 12 May 2014, Baltimore, MD. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 557–562 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-015-0129-0

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