The paradox of negative exercise stress ECG/positive thallium scintigram: Ischemic ST-segment counterpoise as the underlying mechanism

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-248

  Madias, John E ^a   Mahjoub, Mazen ^a   Valance, James ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Coronary artery disease; ECG vector cancelation; Exercise ECG; Thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029683369     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(96)80087-2     Document Type: Article

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