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. 1995 Aug;74(2):101–102. doi: 10.1136/hrt.74.2.101

Reinjection of thallium for detection of viable myocardium: why not do it immediately?

B L van Eck-Smit 1, E E van der Wall 1
PMCID: PMC483980  PMID: 7546983

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