Long-term additive prognostic value of thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging over clinical and exercise stress test in low to intermediate risk patients: Study in 1137 patients with 6-year follow-up

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1521-1527

  Vanzetto, Gérald ^a   Ormezzano, Olivier ^a   Fagret, Daniel ^a   Comet, Michel ^a   Denis, Bernard ^a   Machecourt, Jacques ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Exercise; Prognosis; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0033527408     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.14.1521     Document Type: Article

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