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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health through grants provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, R00HL094533 (to P.P.) & R01HL114477 (to P.P. and M.N.), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant 2R44AI085840-02 (to P.P.).

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Panizzi, P., Stone, J.R. & Nahrendorf, M. Endocarditis and molecular imaging. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 21, 486–495 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-014-9902-8

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