Quantitative LVEF and qualitative régional function from gated thallium-201 perfusion SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 749-754

  Germane, Guido ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic quantitative lvef; Gated myocardial perfusion spect; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030912582     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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