A case of variant angina pectoris with similar findings on both rest and matched exercise thallium-201 studies

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 785-787

  Sueda, Shozo ^a,d   Mineoi, Kazuaki ^a   Kondou, Tadashi ^a   Yano, Kazuo ^a   Ochi, Takaaki ^a   Ochi, Naoto ^b   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^b   Kukita, Hitoshi ^b   Kawada, Hiroyuki ^c   Matsuda, Shouzou ^c   Uraoka, Tadao ^c  

^a Takanoko Hospital   (Japan)

^b Uwajima Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kita Medical Association Hospital   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

201Thallium; Exercise; Redistribution; Rest; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ACETYLCHOLINE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031666390     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.785     Document Type: Article

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