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The proposed action is to issue a procurement for the VA Palo Alto Healthcare system (VAPAHCS) to purchase Rubidium-82 Myocardial Perfusion Radiopharmaceutical & Elution System. Rubidium-82(RB) is a r... The proposed action is to issue a procurement for the VA Palo Alto Healthcare system (VAPAHCS) to purchase Rubidium-82 Myocardial Perfusion Radiopharmaceutical & Elution System. Rubidium-82(RB) is a radioactive isotope of rubidium. RB is widely used in myocardial perfusion imaging. This isotope undergoes rapid uptake by myocardiocytes, which makes it a valuable tool for identifying myocardial ischemia in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. The Elusion System basically is a process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions.