No gender bias in referral for coronary angiography after myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m tetrofosmin

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 596-604

  Roeters Van Lennep, Jeanine E ^a   Borm, Judocus J J ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Pauwels, Ernest K J ^a   Bruschke, Albert V G ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Gender bias; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Referral; Technetium 99m tetrofosmin

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033395991     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(99)90096-X     Document Type: Article

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