Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging: State of the art and new developments

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6 PART I, 1996, Pages 516-537

  Brown, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0030466440     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(96)90061-6     Document Type: Article

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