Fewer women than men have positive SPECT and PET cardiac findings among patients with no history of heart disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-268

  Mullani, Nizar A ^a   Caras, David ^b   Ahn, Chul ^b   Lundberg, Gina ^b   Page, Donald ^b   Kleinman, Daniel ^b   Bladuell, Nydia ^b   Weisman, Evan ^b   Patillo, Mike ^b   Posthauer, Joy ^b   Simone, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

201TI; 82Rb; 99mTc sestamibi; Coronary artery disease; Heart disease; Nuclear cardiology; PET; Sex; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RUBIDIUM 82; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033972144     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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