Decrease in the ability to detect elevated lung thallium due to delay in commencing imaging after exercise

American Heart Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 830-835

  Rothendler, James A ^a,b,c   Boucher, Charles A ^a,b,c   Strauss, H William ^a,b,c   Pohost, Gerald M ^a,b,c   Okada, Robert D ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's University Hospital Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM; THALLIUM 201;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RADIOISOTOPES; THALLIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022259519     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(85)90465-X     Document Type: Article

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