Normal values for left ventricular volumes obtained using gated PET;Valori normali dei volumi ventricolari sinistri misurati con gated PET

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1207-1214

  Boyd, Heather L ^a   Rosen, Stuart D ^a   Rimoldi, Ornella ^b   Cunningham, Vincent J ^a   Camici, Paolo G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left ventricle; Normal subjects; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031729652     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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