Prognostic value of stress myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography imaging in patients with left bundle branch block

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Nallamothu, Nasaraiah ^a   Bagheri, Bruce ^a   Acio, Elmo R ^a   Heo, Jaekyeong ^a   Iskandrian, Ami E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Left bundle branch block; Perfusion; Prognosis; Single photon emission computed tomography; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031435296     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(97)90006-4     Document Type: Article

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