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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:1701
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Markus Schwaiger, MD

Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und, Poliklinik der Technischen Universitat München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaniger Strasse 22, 8000 München 80, Germany

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See also page 1694.

This article by Dr Flameng and associates provides additional evidence that metabolic imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) offers important clinical information for the selection of patients with advanced coronary artery disease for surgical revascularization. In contrast to several previous investigations, which concentrated on the predictive value of metabolic imaging for recovery of regional wall . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1997 64: 1694-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text]





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