Limited performance of quantitative assessment of myocardial function by thallium-201 gated myocardial single-photon emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-191

  Lee, Dong Soo ^a   Ahn, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Seok Ki ^a   Oh, Byung Hee ^a   Seo, Jung Don ^a   Chung, June Key ^a   Lee, Myung Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

201 gated single; Ejection fraction; Photon emission tomography; Quantification; Reproducibility; Thallium; Ventricular volume

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE THALLIUM TL 201; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM 201; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033963482     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050025     Document Type: Article

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