Simultaneous Transmission/Emission Myocardial Perfusion Tomography: Diagnostic Accuracy of Attenuation-Corrected 99mTc-Sestamibi Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-473

  Ficaro, Edward P ^a,b   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^a   Shreve, Paul D ^a   Kritzman, James N ^a   Rose, Patricia A ^a   Corbett, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary disease; Imaging; Radioisotopes; Tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030022458     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.3.463     Document Type: Article

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