American Heart Journal
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 758-767, May 2003

Radionuclide viability testing: should it affect treatment strategy in patients with cardiomyopathy and significant coronary artery disease?☆

  • Jamieson MacDonald Bourque, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jamieson M. Bourque, DUMC Box 3356, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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  • Eric J Velazquez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Salvador Borges-Neto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Linda K Shaw, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • David J Whellan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Christopher M O’Connor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology and the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

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☆ Guest Editor for this manuscript was George A. Beller, MD, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Va.Submitted May 13, 2002; accepted August 21, 2002.

PII: S0002-8703(02)94818-0

doi:10.1016/S0002-8703(02)94818-0

American Heart Journal
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 758-767, May 2003

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