Myocardial perfusion imaging

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 355-360

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; TECHNETIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034104643     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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