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Cost-effectiveness of myocardial perfusion imaging: A summary of the currently available literature

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Des Prez, R.D., Shaw, L.J., Gillespie, R.L. et al. Cost-effectiveness of myocardial perfusion imaging: A summary of the currently available literature. J Nucl Cardiol 12, 750–759 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.10.001

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