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J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr;28(2):723-728. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02492-8. Epub 2021 Jan 07.

Interpretation and clinical management of patients with "Fixed" myocardial perfusion defects : A call for quantifying endocardial-to-epicardial distribution of blood flow.

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Vasken Dilsizian

Affiliations

  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 33415645 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02492-8

[No abstract available.]

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