Diagnosis of diffuse ischemia with SPECT relative perfusion imaging: How to eat soup with a fork?

Edward Hulten^{1

2}, Friederike K Keating³

Affiliations

¹ Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA. friederike.keating@uvmhealth.org.

Editorial

Edward Hulten et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;30(5):2039-2042.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-023-03286-4. Epub 2023 May 16.

Edward Hulten^{1

2}, Friederike K Keating³

¹ Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA. friederike.keating@uvmhealth.org.

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