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Comment on Minamimoto: incidental focal FDG uptake in heart is a lighthouse for considering cardiac screening

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  1. Chair of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili di Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Francesco Bertagna

  2. Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Giorgio Treglia

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Bertagna, F., Treglia, G. Comment on Minamimoto: incidental focal FDG uptake in heart is a lighthouse for considering cardiac screening. Ann Nucl Med 27, 870–871 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-013-0751-3

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