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Viability assessment: nuclear imaging vs. dobutamine echocardiography

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    Jeroen J. Bax & Ernst E. van der Wall

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Bax, J.J., van der Wall, E.E. Viability assessment: nuclear imaging vs. dobutamine echocardiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 19, 529–531 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CAIM.0000004468.51723.de

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