Prognosis in patients with left bundle branch block and normal dipyridamole thallium-201 scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 414-417

  Gil, Victor M ^a   Almeida, Manuel ^b   Ventosa, Antonio ^b   Ferreira, Jorge ^b   Aguiar, Carlos ^b   Calqueiro, João ^b   Seabra Gomes, Ricardo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Left bundle branch block; Scintigraphy; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031708621     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(98)90147-7     Document Type: Article

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