Technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial tomography based on dipyridamole echocardiography testing in hypertensive patients with chest pain

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 774-778

  Schillaci, Orazio ^a,b   Moroni, Carlo ^a   Scopinaro, Francesco ^a   Tavolaro, Rosanna ^a   Danieli, Roberta ^a   Bossini, Alfredo ^a   Cassone, Rosario ^a   Colella, Antonio Centi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Myocardial perfusion; Sestamibi tomography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030848131     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00879666     Document Type: Article

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