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Review of cardiovascular imaging in The Journal of Nuclear Cardiology in 2014: Part 1 of 2: Positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and neuronal imaging

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Abstract

The year 2014 has been an exciting year for the cardiovascular imaging community with significant advances in the realm of nuclear and multimodality cardiac imaging. In this new feature of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, we will summarize some of the breakthroughs that were published in the Journal in 2014 in 2 sister articles. This first article will concentrate on publications dealing with cardiac positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), and neuronal imaging.

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Wael A. AlJaroudi MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lyons Harrison Research Building 314, 1900 University BLVD, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Fadi G. Hage MD, FASH, FACC

  3. Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Fadi G. Hage MD, FASH, FACC

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AlJaroudi, W.A., Hage, F.G. Review of cardiovascular imaging in The Journal of Nuclear Cardiology in 2014: Part 1 of 2: Positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and neuronal imaging. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 507–512 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-014-0045-8

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