Iodine-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy: A noninvasive method to demonstrate myocardial adrenergic nervous system disintegrity in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1252-1258

  Schofer, Joachim ^a   Spielmann, Rolf ^a   Schuchert, Andreas ^a   Weber, Kirsten ^a   Schlüter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; NORADRENALIN; RADIOISOTOPE;

CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IODOBENZENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIUM; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0023756209     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)92608-3     Document Type: Article

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