Prognostic evaluation of patients after myocardial infarction: Incremental value of sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography and echocardiography

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Zanco, P ^a   Zampiero, A ^b   Favero, A ^b   Borsato, N ^b   Chierichetti, F ^b   Rubello, D ^b   Ferlin, G ^b  

^a ULSS   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030997504     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(97)90060-x     Document Type: Article

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