Comparative accuracy of various Tl-201 reinjection imaging protocols to detect myocardial viability

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Naruse, Hitoshi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

201Tl exercise reinjection study; 201Tl rest injection study; coronary revascularization; myocardial infarction; myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030009344     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03165064     Document Type: Article

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