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Podcast 9 Athens part 3 and news

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Shownotes Rods pulse podcast 
http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com/ Hepatitis C Virus Infections From a Contaminated Radiopharmaceutical Used in Myocardial Perfusion Studies Priti R. Patel, MD Etal JAMA. 2006;296:2005-2011. Amifostine can reduce toxicity of targeted radionuclide therapy without affecting anti-tumour effect F.Forrer Rotterdam Its an old drug used routinely for radiotherapy Amifostine has been used for protecting salivary glands It makes a dramatic effect in reducing kidney dose in Lu177-DOTA Thus doses can be safely increased and increasing chance of complete remission SPECT/CT Dale Bailey, Sydney, Australia How to make a Home made SPECT/CT He showed how much of an impact this made on reports > 40% much higher than expected Physicians said “I’ve been confidently giving the wrong reports for 10 years!” Depression + Anxiety correlation with MPI imaging Ansari-Gilani, Tehran, Iran Depression has been shown as a risk factor for cardiac disease Patients with a high BDI score h