Usefulness of thallium-201 for distinction of ischemic from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 674-680

  Tauberg, Stuart G ^a   Orie, Judith E ^a   Bartlett, Bruce E ^a   Cottington, Eric M ^a   Flores, Angel R ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0027511873     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)91009-7     Document Type: Article

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