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What is this image? 2021: Image 5 result

Progression of myocardial ischemia to scar on serial 99mTc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging

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Abbreviations

CABG:

Coronary artery bypass graft

ECG:

Electrocardiogram

EF:

Ejection fraction

LAD:

Left anterior descending artery

LAO:

Left anterior oblique

LCX:

Left circumflex artery

LIMA:

Left internal mammary artery

PCI:

Percutaneous coronary intervention

RAO:

Right anterior oblique

RCA:

Right coronary artery

SVG:

Saphenous vein graft

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Dr Hage reports grant support from Astellas Pharma and GE Healthcare. Dr Oruc and Dr Farag report no conflict of interest.

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Vedran Oruc MD, Ayman A. Farag MD & Fadi G. Hage MD

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

    Fadi G. Hage MD

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Oruc, V., Farag, A.A. & Hage, F.G. What is this image? 2021: Image 5 result. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 28, 399–403 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-021-02580-3

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