Relation between exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias and myocardial perfusion abnormalities in patients with intermediate pretest probability of coronary artery disease

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-332

  Elhendy, Abdou ^a   Sozzi, Fabiola B ^a   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Valkema, Roelf ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise stress test; Myocardial perfusion; Technetium 99m labelled agents; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034082634     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050041     Document Type: Article

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