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Permanently increased brightness of right ventricle (D-shaped left ventricle) on myocardial perfusion imaging in a patient with chronic cor pulmonale: An autopsy correlation

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  1. Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 600 Rose St, 40502, Lexington, KY

    Wei-Jen Shih

  2. Departments of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 600 Rose St, 40502, Lexington, KY

    Kitta Kousa & Bonnie Mitchell

  3. Nuclear Medicine Service, Lexington VA Medical Center, 600 Rose St, 40502, Lexington, KY

    Wei-Jen Shih

  4. Pathology Service, Lexington VA Medical Center, 600 Rose St, 40502, Lexington, KY

    Kitta Kousa & Bonnie Mitchell

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wen-Sheng Huang

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Shih, WJ., Kousa, K., Mitchell, B. et al. Permanently increased brightness of right ventricle (D-shaped left ventricle) on myocardial perfusion imaging in a patient with chronic cor pulmonale: An autopsy correlation. J Nucl Cardiol 13, 294–296 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02971253

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