Technetium-99m-MIBI myocardial SPECT: Supine versus right lateral imaging and comparison with coronary arteriography

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1510-1514

  Heiba, Sherif I ^a   Hayat, Nasser J ^a   Salman, Hani S ^a   Higazy, Ezzat ^a   Sayed, Mohammed E ^a   Saleh, Zuhair ^a   Khalaf, Ali I ^a   Naeem, Mohammed ^a   Bourosly, Suhair ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion; Right lateral; SPECT; Technetium 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030824887     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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