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Recent advances in cardiac PET and PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging

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Acknowledgment

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) received a grant from the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME) toward the cost of publishing this review. The authors received honoraria for their participation and Bracco, Inc. provided funding to NACCME for the symposium.

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  1. Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Henry Low Heart Center, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, P.O. Box 5037, Hartford, CT, 06102-5037, USA

    Gary V. Heller MD, PhD

  2. Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, McConnell Heart Hospital at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Dennis Calnon MD

  3. Nuclear Medicine Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sharmila Dorbala MD

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Heller, G.V., Calnon, D. & Dorbala, S. Recent advances in cardiac PET and PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 16, 962–969 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-009-9142-5

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