Prognostic utility of increased pulmonary thallium uptake in patients without ischemia

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-307

  Zafrir, Nili ^a   Dahlberg, Seth T ^b   Villegas, Bernard J ^b   Leppo, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Increased pulmonary thallium uptake; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LIFE TABLE; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029760404     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90089-6     Document Type: Article

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