TI-201 myocardial perfusion SPECT role of nitrate-augmented redistribution

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Wadhwa, Surjit S ^a,b   Mansberg, Robert ^a   Fernandes, Vivian B ^a  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myocardial Perfusion; Myocardial Viability; Nitrate Augmentation; TI 201 SPECT

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; THALLIUM 201; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NITROGLYCERIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032589844     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199901000-00001     Document Type: Article

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