International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , 14 August 2009

Evaluation of new automated gated-SPECT and echocardiographic methods for calculating left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction

Received 30 November 2007 ,Revised 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 23 April 2008.

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☆ This study was supported by grants from the Göteborg Medical Society, Göteborg, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.

PII: S0167-5273(08)00620-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.082

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , 14 August 2009

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