Reverse redistribution on thallium-201 single-photon emission tomography after primary angioplasty: A one-year follow-up study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-639

  De Sutter, Johan ^a   Van de Wiele, Christophe ^a   Dierckx, Rudi ^a   Gheeraert, Peter ^a   De Buyzere, Marc ^a   Taeymans, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Reverse redistribution; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; Q WAVE; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032986272     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050431     Document Type: Article

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