Radionuclide venography and its functional analysis in superior vena cava syndrome

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1460-1464

  Mahmud, Asif Mujtaba ^a   Isawa, Toyoharu ^a   Teshima, Takeo ^a   Hirano, Tomio ^a   Anazawa, Yoshiki ^a   Miki, Makoto ^a   Nukiwa, Toshihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

functional indices; jugular venous reflux; radionuclide venography; superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIPHLEBOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029763390     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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