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Assessment of coronary vascular function with cardiac PET in relation to serum uric acid

BACKGROUND: Elevated serum uric acid (SUA) levels have been independently associated with cardiovascular disease. Stress myocardial perfusion positron emission tomography (PET) allows for measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) and quantification of global left ventricular coronary flow...

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Autores principales: Kim, Seoyoung C., Shah, Nishant R., Rogers, James R., Bibbo, Courtney F., Di Carli, Marcelo F., Solomon, Daniel H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29438436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192788