Practicability and safety of dipyridamole cardiac imaging in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 812-817

  Thurnheer, Robert ^a   Laube, Irène ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^b   Stumpe, Kathrin D M ^b   Stammberger, Uz ^b   Bloch, Konrad E ^a   Weder, Walter ^b   Russi, Erich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchoconstriction; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Coronary artery disease; Dipyridamole; Lung volume reduction surgery

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; AMMONIA; DIPYRIDAMOLE; NITROGEN 13;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THORAX PAIN;

AMMONIA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032788666     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050453     Document Type: Article

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