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. 1980 Apr;43(4):426–435. doi: 10.1136/hrt.43.4.426

Thallium-201 exercise myocardial imaging to evaluate myocardial perfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery.

H O Hirzel, K Nuesch, G Sialer, W Horst, H P Krayenbuehl
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