Predictive potential of noninvasive methods, inclusive of exercise SPECT Tc99m MIBI imaging, in recognition of high-risk patients with left main coronary artery stenosis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 347-352

  Kostkiewicz, Magdalena ^a   Tracz, Wiesława ^a   Przewłocki, Tadeusz ^a   Kawalec, Ewa ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Left main coronary artery stenosis; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035198445     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011969417896     Document Type: Article

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