Exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients without known coronary artery disease: Incremental prognostic value and use in risk stratification

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 905-914

  Hachamovitch, Rory ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^a   Kiat, Hosen ^b   Cohen, Ishac ^b   Cabico, J Arthur ^b   Friedman, John ^b   Diamond, George A ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

perfusion; prognosis; sestamibi; tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0029912162     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.5.905     Document Type: Article

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