Is nitroglycerin useful for the enhancement of viability detection with myocardial perfusion imaging?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 206-209

  Sias, T M ^a   Watson, D D ^a   Beller, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032797225     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70103-1     Document Type: Editorial

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