Diagnostic value and incremental contribution of bicycle exercise, first-pass radionuclide angiography, and99mTc-labeled sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography in the identification of coronary artery disease in patients without infarction

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6 PART I, 1996, Pages 464-474

  Hambye, A S ^a   Vervaet, A ^a   Lieber, S ^a   Ranquin, R ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; First pass radionuclide angiography; Noninvasive stress testing; Technetium 99m labeled sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STENOSIS;

EID: 0030465167     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(96)90056-2     Document Type: Article

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