Prognostic value of tomographic rest-redistribution thallium 201 imaging in medically treated patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-156

  Gioia, Giuseppe ^a   Milan, Elisa ^a   Giubbini, Raffaele ^a   DePace, Nicholas ^a   Heo, Jaekyeong ^a   Iskandrian, Abdulmassih S ^a,b  

^a PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Left ventricular dysfunction; Prognosis; Rest thallium 201; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029915049     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90007-0     Document Type: Article

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