Assessment of left ventricular function by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with image inversion technique: Comparison with equilibrium radionuclide angiography

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 605-611

  Todino, Valerie ^a   Rubini, Giuseppe ^b   Cuocolo, Alberto ^c  

^a REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equilibrium radionuclide angiography; Image processing; Inversion technique; Left ventricle ejection fraction; Left ventricular function; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033397870     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(99)90097-1     Document Type: Article

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