Quantification of left ventricular function with thallium-201 and technetium-99m-sestamibi myocardial gated SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 958-961

  Maunoury, Christophe ^a,b   Chen, Charles C ^a   Chua, Kian B ^a   Thompson, Craig J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Left ventricular function; Myocardial gated SPECT; technetium 99m sestamibi; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030905195     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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