An abnormal dipyridamole thallium/sestamibi fails to predict long-term cardiac events in vascular surgery patients

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 267-271

  Virgilio, Christian ^a   Wall, Derek B ^a   Ephraim, Linda ^a   Toosie, Katayoun ^a   Donayre, Carlos ^a   White, Rodney ^a   Elbassir, Magdi ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE; SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0035065822     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100160010055     Document Type: Article

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