Relation of gender to physician use of test results and to the prognostic value of stress technetium 99m sestamibi myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography scintigraphy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Travin, M I ^a   Duca, M D ^a   Kline, G M ^a   Herman, S D ^a   Demus, D D ^a   Heller, G V ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0030810975     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(97)70109-1     Document Type: Article

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