All that glisters is not gold: the elusive difference between statistics and pathophysiology

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¹ Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy. roberto.sciagra@unifi.it.
² Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.

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Roberto Sciagrà et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;30(5):2003-2005.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-023-03268-6. Epub 2023 May 4.

¹ Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy. roberto.sciagra@unifi.it.
² Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.

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Quantitative flow ratio derived pullback pressure gradient and CZT-SPECT measured longitudinal flow gradient for hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease.
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