Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 62-72 , January 2005

The use of nuclear cardiology in clinical decision making

  • Rory Hachamovitch, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine) and Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Daniel S. Berman, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Room A042, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
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  • Daniel S. Berman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine) and Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2004.09.005

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 62-72 , January 2005

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