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Dr. Robert Hendel receives grant support from GE Healthcare, is on the Speakers’ Bureau for Astellas Pharma US, and serves on the Advisory Boards for PGx Health, Astellas Pharma US, UnitedHealthcare, and GE Healthcare. Dr. Donna Polk serves on the Data Safety Monitoring Board for Lantheus. Dr. Dennis Calnon serves on the Research Steering Committee for PGx Health. Dr. Christopher Hansen receives grant support from Digirad and is a stock shareholder of General Electric. The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose except as noted above.

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    Thomas A. Holly MD & Scott M. Leonard MS, CNMT, RT(N)

  2. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Brian G. Abbott MD

  3. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Mouaz Al-Mallah MD

  4. MidOhio Cardiology & Vascular Consultants, Columbus, OH, USA

    Dennis A. Calnon MD

  5. Maine Cardiology Associates, South Portland, ME, USA

    Mylan C. Cohen MD, MPH

  6. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Frank P. DiFilippo PhD

  7. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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  10. Drexel University College of Medicine, Newton Square, PA, USA

    Diwakar Jain MD

  11. Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

    Kenneth J. Nichols PhD

  12. Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA

    Donna M. Polk MD, MPH

  13. UPMC Cardiovascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Prem Soman MD, PhD

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Table 12 Patient protocol: same-day rest-stress Tc-99m acquisition
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Table 13 Patient protocol: same-day stress-rest Tc-99m acquisition
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Table 14 Patient protocol: two-day stress Tc-99m acquisition
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Table 15 Patient protocol: separate dual-isotope acquisition
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Table 16 Patient protocol: stress/redistribution Tl-201 acquisition
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Table 17 Patient protocol: stress/reinjection/redistribution Tl-201 acquisition
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Holly, T.A., Abbott, B.G., Al-Mallah, M. et al. Single photon-emission computed tomography. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 17, 941–973 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-010-9246-y

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