Validation of myocardial blood flow estimation with nitrogen-13 ammonia PET by the argon inert gas technique in humans

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 340-345

  Kotzerke, J ^a   Glatting, G ^a   Van den Hoff, J ^a   Hoher M ^a   Neumaier, B ^a   Wohrle J ^a   Reske, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argon; Myocardial blood flow; Nitrogen 13 ammonia; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGON; NITROGEN 13;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADENOSINE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AMMONIA; ARGON; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035083105     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000459     Document Type: Article

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