Cardiac volumes and left ventricular ejection fraction on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(04): 446
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_8_20

Letter to Editor

Joseph Lee

¹Department of Medical Imaging, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia

²Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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Jia Chong

²Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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