Fluorine-18 FDG myocardial positron emission tomographic findings before and after pituitary adenoma resection in a patient with acromegalic cardiomyopathy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 619-621

  Tokita, Naoki ^a   Hasegawa, Shinji ^a   Hirata, Mitsuo ^a   Yoshioka, Jun ^a   Yamaguchi, Hitoshi ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegalic Cardiomyopathy; Fluorine 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography; Pituitary Adenoma Resection

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; GLUCOSE; HEART; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033913712     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200008000-00010     Document Type: Article

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