Mechanism for abnormal thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy in patients with left bundle branch block in the absence of angiographic coronary artery disease

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-259

  Hasegawa, Shinji ^a   Sakata, Yasushi ^b   Ishikura, Fuminobu ^b   Hirayama, Atsushi ^b   Kusuoka, Hideo ^b   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^b   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gated SPECT; Left bundle branch block; MIBI; Thallium

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032821655     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164901     Document Type: Article

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