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H Hop1, S A de Boer2, M Reijrink2

  • 1Division of Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands. h.hop@umcg.nl.

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology : Official Publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
|June 27, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF)CalcificationCarotid artery stenosisPET/CT imagingVulnerable atherosclerotic plaque

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