Accuracy of 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-189

  Azzarelli, Salvatore ^a   Galassi, Alfredo R ^a,b   Foti, Rosario ^a   Mammana, Carmelo ^a   Musumeci, Salvatore ^a   Giuffrida, Giuseppe ^a   Tamburino, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b FESC   (Italy)

Author keywords

(99m)Tc tetrofosmin; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial scintigraphy; SPECT

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2 BIS(BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2-BIS(BIS(2-ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032588249     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(99)90079-X     Document Type: Article

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