Nuclear medicine studies of the heart

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1698-1706

  Bengel, F M ^a   Schwaiger, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion imaging; Nuclear cardiology; Positron emission tomography; Radionuclide angiography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032240407     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050616     Document Type: Review

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