The clinical impact of thallium-201 reinjection for the detection of myocardial hibernation

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-413

  Schäfers, Michael ^a   Matheja, Peter ^a   Hasfeld, Michael ^a   Bartenstein, Peter ^a   Lerch, Hartmut ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Scheld, Hans ^a   Schober, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hibernating myocardium; Revascularization; Single photon emission tomography; Thallium 201 reinjection; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029986810     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01247369     Document Type: Article

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