Effective risk stratification using exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT in women: Gender-related differences in prognostic nuclear testing

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-44

  Hachamovitch, Rory ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b   Kiat, Hosen ^a   Merz, C Noel Bairey ^a   Cohen, Ishac ^a   Cabico, J Arthur ^a   Friedman, John ^a   Germano, Guido ^a   Van Train, Kenneth F ^a   Diamond, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0030198547     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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