Assessment of cardiac risk before peripheral vascular surgery: A comparison of myocardial perfusion imaging and long axis echocardiography at rest

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 125-132

  Henein, Michael Y ^a   O'Sullivan, Christine ^a   Das, Saroj K ^a   Khir, Ashraf ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Constantinos ^a   Underwood, Richard S ^a   Gibson, Derek G ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long axis function; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Peripheral vascular disease; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALLIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034807313     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00512-5     Document Type: Article

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