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Fusion of positron emission tomography and coronary computed tomographic angiography identifies fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the left main coronary artery soft plaque

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  1. From the Unidad PET/CT Ciclotron, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

    Erick Alexanderson MD, Aloha Meave MD, Yolanda Saldaña MD & Leonardo García-Rojas MD

  2. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico

    Erick Alexanderson MD & Aloha Meave MD

  3. Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif

    Piotr Slomka PhD, Victor Cheng MD & Daniel Berman MD

  4. Department Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif

    Piotr Slomka PhD, Victor Cheng MD & Daniel Berman MD

  5. Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif

    Piotr Slomka PhD, Victor Cheng MD & Daniel Berman MD

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Alexanderson, E., Slomka, P., Cheng, V. et al. Fusion of positron emission tomography and coronary computed tomographic angiography identifies fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the left main coronary artery soft plaque. J Nucl Cardiol 15, 841–843 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03007367

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