Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Cardiology, Hilleroed Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark
Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, Institute of Biostructure and Bioimages of the National Council of Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Nuclear Medicine Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Nuclear Medicine, AZ VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Service de Medecine Nucleaire, Hôpital Bichat, Inserm U773, Paris, France
Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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