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Abbreviations

CMR:

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

CT:

Computed tomography

d-TGA:

Dextro-transposition of the great arteries

ECG:

Electrocardiogram

FDG:

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose

LV:

Left ventricle

MPI:

Myocardial perfusion imaging

PET:

Positron emission tomography

SPECT:

Single-photon emission computerized tomography

TID:

Transient ischemic dilatation

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Dr. Bajaj is supported by American College of Cardiology Presidential Career Development award, Walter B. Frommeyer, Junior Fellowship in Investigative Medicine and National Center for Advancing Translational Research of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1TR001417. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the American College of Cardiology or National Institutes of Health. Dr. Hage has grants/grants pending from Astellas Pharma, Novartis Pharma, and GE healthcare. Dr. Iskandrian receives payments for lectures from the Alabama American College of Cardiology chapter. The remainder of the authors have no disclosed conflicts of interest.

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    Vedran Oruc MD, Blake Smith MD, Navkaranbir S. Bajaj MD, MPH, Ami E. Iskandrian MD, MASNC & Fadi G. Hage MD, FACC, FAHA, MASNC

  2. Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Vedran Oruc MD, Blake Smith MD, Navkaranbir S. Bajaj MD, MPH & Fadi G. Hage MD, FACC, FAHA, MASNC

  3. Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

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Oruc, V., Smith, B., Bajaj, N.S. et al. Cases from a busy nuclear cardiology laboratory. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 27, 305–314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01985-5

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