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What is this image? 2023 image 5 result: Role of 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography in cardiac implanted electronic device infection

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  1. Cardiovascular Department, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Via Tesserete 48, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Anna Giulia Pavon MD, Laura Anna Leo MD, Giovanni Pedrazzini MD, Angelo Auricchio MD & Elena Caporali MD

  2. Clinic of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT Centre, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Luca Ceriani MD & Mariana Raditchkova MD

  3. Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Luca Ceriani MD, Giovanni Pedrazzini MD & Angelo Auricchio MD

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Pavon, A.G., Ceriani, L., Raditchkova, M. et al. What is this image? 2023 image 5 result: Role of 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography in cardiac implanted electronic device infection. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 30, 480–483 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-023-03228-0

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