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. 2018 Mar 27;26(6):1869–1874. doi: 10.1007/s12350-018-1261-4

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Effects on ⁸²Rb image quality with vs without saline-push. Total ⁸²Rb activity (MBq) eluted from the generator was unchanged, but the activity delivered to the heart (SVC) and retained in the LV myocardium increased by more than 2-fold. LV-to-blood SNR and CNR increased by 24% and 27%, with concordant decrease in the blood background COV by 19% (all P ≤ 0.01). Error bars are ± 95% confidence intervals of the mean