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Corbett, J.R., Akinboboye, O.O., Bacharach, S.L. et al. Equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography. J Nucl Cardiol 13, e56–e79 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.08.007
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