Cost-saving approach to normal technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1047-1049

  Gal, Rami ^a   Ahmad, Maqsood ^a  

^a Milwaukee Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030294347     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00534-6     Document Type: Article

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