Ninety-day follow-up of patients in the emergency department with chest pain who undergo initial single-photon emission computed tomographic perfusion scintigraphy with technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 308-311

  Hilton, Thomas C ^a   Fulmer, Holly ^a   Abuan, Tammy ^a   Thompson, Randall C ^a   Stowers, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^b Southpoint Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Risk stratification; Technetium 99m labeled sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0029741294     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90090-2     Document Type: Article

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