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European Heart Journal 2001 22(18):1629-1631; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2761
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What is the role of cardiac PET in patients with ischaemic heart disease and significant left ventricular dysfunction?

A. Maes, P. Mertens and G.R. Sutherland

Departments of Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium

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