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FDA Reports Excess Radiation from PET scan

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Finkelstein & Partners

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now alerting healthcare professionals to stop using CardioGen-82 (manufactured by Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.) for cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The FDA reports that patients undergoing a CardioGen-82 PET scan are being … Continue reading →

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