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Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 6/2018

01-12-2018 | Images That Teach

Gallium-68 DOTANOC scan in a patient with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis

Authors: Averilicia Passah, MBBS, MD, Prateek Kaushik, MBBS, Chetan Patel, MBBS, DRM, DNB, Neeraj Parakh, MBBS, MD, DM

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 6/2018

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Sarcoidosis is a non-necrotizing inflammatory disease. Cardiac sarcoidosis leads to inflammatory and progressive fibrotic changes resulting in heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. …
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Metadata
Title
Gallium-68 DOTANOC scan in a patient with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis
Authors
Averilicia Passah, MBBS, MD
Prateek Kaushik, MBBS
Chetan Patel, MBBS, DRM, DNB
Neeraj Parakh, MBBS, MD, DM
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-1178-3

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