Lung uptake of thallium-201: A marker of defect reversibility?

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1469-1479

  Sanderson, R ^a   Woldman, S ^a   McCurrach, G ^a   Martin, W ^a   Hutton, I ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DRUG UPTAKE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOPHYSICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031837164     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/007     Document Type: Article

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