Evaluation of post-ischemic stunning by gated-SPECT myocardial scintigraphy;Rivelazione e valutazione di stordimento miocardico mediante tomoscintigrafia di perfusione con metodica gated-SPECT

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 790-796

  Bestetti, A ^a   Scalzi, P B ^a   Alessi, A ^a   Di Leo, C ^a   Tagliabue, L ^a   Del Sole, A ^a   Lomuscio, A ^a   Vergani, D ^a   Marano, L ^a   Lombardi, F ^a   Tarolo, G L ^a  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

99mTc tetrofosmin; Gated SPECT; Postischemic stunning

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING;

EID: 0033778176     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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