Thallium-201 gated single-photon emission tomography for the assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction and regional wall motion abnormalities in comparison with two-dimensional echocardiography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1533-1540

  Bacher Stier, Claudia ^a   Müller, Silvana ^b   Pachinger, Othmar ^b   Strolz, Silvia ^b   Erler, Hermann ^b   Moncayo, Roy ^b   Wenger, Martin ^b   Donnemiller, Eveline ^b   Riccabona, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gated single photon emission tomography; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Stunning; Thallium 201; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0033428501     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050491     Document Type: Article

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