Exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is useful for evaluating myocardial ischemia even in the elderly

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Kurata, Chinori ^a   Uehara, Akihiko ^a   Sugi, Toshihiko ^a   Yamazaki, Keisuke ^a   Tawarahara, Kei ^b   Mikami, Tadashi ^b   Matoh, Fumitaka ^b   Odagiri, Keiichi ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hamamatsu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Electrocardiography; Exercise testing; SPECT; Tl 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0033914407     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987857     Document Type: Article

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