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Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and Functional Imaging

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In the last few years it has been clearly demonstrated that the evolution and prognosis of cardiac disorders are strictly correlated with residual ventricular function (1,2).

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Marzullo, P. et al. (1987). Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and Functional Imaging. In: Guzzardi, R. (eds) Physics and Engineering of Medical Imaging. NATO ASI Series, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3537-2_9

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