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Coronary artery and thoracic aorta calcification is inversely related to coronary flow reserve as measured by (82)Rb PET/CT in intermediate risk patients

BACKGROUND: The strength and nature of the relationship between myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), coronary flow reserve (CFR), and coronary artery calcium (CAC) and thoracic aorta calcium (TAC) remain to be clarified. METHODS: Dynamic rest-pharmacological stress (82)Rb positron emission tomography...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jongho, Bravo, Paco E., Gholamrezanezhad, Ali, Sohn, Seil, Rafique, Ash, Travis, Arlene, Machac, Josef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23468383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12350-013-9675-5