Diagnosis of pericardia/effusion and its effects on ventricular function using gated Tc-99m sestamibi perfusion SPECT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 361-364

  Herzog, Eyal ^b   Krasnow, Norman ^b   DePuey, Gordon ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT; Pericardial Effusion; Pericardial Tamponade

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; HEART; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0031596174     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199806000-00005     Document Type: Article

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