Early and delayed Tc-99m-tetrofosmin myocardial SPECT in patients with left bundle branch block

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Sugihara, Hiroki ^a,b   Kinoshita, Noriyuki ^b   Adachi, Yoshihiko ^b   Taniguchi, Yoko ^b   Ohtsuki, Katsuichi ^b   Azuma, Akihiro ^b   Adachi, Haruhiko ^b   Ushuima, Yo ^a   Nakagawa, Masao ^b   Maeda, Tomoho ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left bundle branch block; Reverse redistribution; Septum; Tc 99m tetrofosmin

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031737841     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164914     Document Type: Article

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