Accuracy of dobutamine tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging for the noninvasive diagnosis of transplant coronary artery stenosis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 360-366

  Elhendy, Abdou ^a,b   Sozzi, Fabiola B ^a,b   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a,b   Vantrimpont, Pascal ^a,b   Valkema, Roelf ^a   Krenning, Eric P ^a,b   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a,b   Maat, Lex P W M ^a,b   Balk, Aggie H M M ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOBUTAMINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034129054     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(00)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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