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Older patients with cardiovascular disease: A new frontier for nuclear cardiology?

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RSB is the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Vered Chair in Cardiology. He is a Tier 1 Research Chair supported by the University of Ottawa and was a career investigator supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. He has received research grant support and honoraria from Lantheus Medical Imaging, Jubilant DraxImage and GE Healthcare. Rob S. B. Beanlands dedicate this Presidents Page to his father Dr. Donald Beanlands who always advocated for patients no matter their age.

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    Rob S. B. Beanlands MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FASNC, FCCS

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Beanlands, R.S.B. Older patients with cardiovascular disease: A new frontier for nuclear cardiology?. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 26, 1785–1787 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01877-8

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