Significant enterogastric reflux secondary to Billroth II gastrectomy leads to reverse redistribution of the inferior wall of the left ventricle on dipyridamole Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial SPECT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 543-546

  Shih, W J ^a   Donovan, P ^a   Kiefer, V ^a  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Billroth II Gastrectomy; Duoisotype Cardiac Gated SPECT; Enterogastric Reflux; Reverse Redistribution; Tc 99m Tetrofosmin Myocardial SPECT

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DUODENOGASTRIC REFLUX; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EXERCISE TEST; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PEPTIC ULCER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035036532     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200106000-00015     Document Type: Article

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