Fast technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi gated single-photon emission computed tomography for evaluation of myocardial function

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-149

  Mazzanti, Marco ^b   Germano, Guido ^b   Kiat, Hosen ^b   Friedman, John ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Automatic algorithm; Gated myocardial perfusion; Rapid imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0029991111     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90006-9     Document Type: Article

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