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Will innervation imaging predict ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic cardiomyopathy?

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    Maureen M. Henneman & Jeroen J. Bax

  2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Frank M. Bengel

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Henneman, M.M., Bengel, F.M. & Bax, J.J. Will innervation imaging predict ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic cardiomyopathy?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33, 862–865 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-006-0166-7

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