Myocardial scintigraphy correlates poorly with coronary angiography in the screening of transplant arteriosclerosis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 866-872

  Legare J F ^a   Haddad, H ^a   Barnes, D ^a   Sullivan, J A ^a   Buth, K J ^a   Hirsch, G ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Perfusion; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DILTIAZEM; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MEPREDNISONE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PREDNISONE; STATIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; RECIPIENT; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034826243     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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