Practical Guide for Interpreting and Reporting Cardiac PET Measurements of Myocardial Blood Flow: An Information Statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Overview

Journal J Nucl Med

Specialty Nuclear Medicine

Date 2021 Apr 1

PMID 33789935

Citations 9

Authors

Timothy M Bateman

Gary V Heller

Rob Beanlands

Dennis A Calnon

James Case

Rob DeKemp

E Gordon DePuey

Marcelo Di Carli

Emel C Guler

Venkatesh L Murthy

Jeffrey Rosenblatt

Ronald Sher

Piotr Slomka

Terrence D Ruddy

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