Detection of occult thymoma during exercise thallium 201, technetium 99m tetrofosmin imaging for coronary artery disease

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Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 550-551

  Paull, Douglas E ^a,b   Graham, Joan ^a   Forgetta, Joan ^a   Turissini, Thomas ^a   Saidman, Bruce ^a  

^a Wilkes Barre General Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Technetium 99m tetrofosmin; Thallium 201; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033876119     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.2.550     Document Type: Article

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