Left bundle branch block and coronary artery disease: Accuracy of dipyridamole thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with exercise anteroseptal perfusion defects

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-273

  Lebtahi, N E ^a,b   Stauffer, J C ^a   Delaloye, A Bischof ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CIMED   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dipyridamole; Left bundle branch block; Single photon emission computed tomography; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030859501     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(97)90103-3     Document Type: Article

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