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Infected pacemaker causing septic lung emboli detected on FDG PET/CT

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHU Sainte Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Gad Abikhzer & Sophie Turpin

  2. Department of Cardiology, CHU Sainte Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Jean-Luc Bigras

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Abikhzer, G., Turpin, S. & Bigras, JL. Infected pacemaker causing septic lung emboli detected on FDG PET/CT. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 17, 514–515 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-009-9160-3

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