PET/CT in aortic grafts: Sufficient evidence or still leap of faith?

J Nucl Cardiol

Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Nuclear Cardiology Unit, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: June 2024

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