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TUTORIAL: Clinical PET Cases - Cardiology - Credits and References

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Credits

Material for this section was kindly provided by:

Jamshid Maddahi, M.D.
Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
UCLA School of Medicine

Marcelo DiCarli, M.D.
Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
UCLA School of Medicine

Farbod Asgharzadeh
Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
UCLA School of Medicine

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