Usefulness of dipyridamole-thallium-201 perfusion scanning for distinguishing ischemic from nonischemic cardiomyopathy

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 1988, Pages 945-951

  Eichhorn, Eric J ^a   Kosinski, Edward J ^a   Lewis, Stanley M ^a   Hill, Thomas C ^a   Emond, Louis H ^a   Leland, O Stevens ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 201;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASES; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0023715175     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90898-3     Document Type: Article

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