The higher likelihood of developing cardiomegaly during follow-up in patients with syndrome X and abnormal thallium-201 myocardial perfusion SPECT

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 271-278

  Sun, Shung Shung ^a   Huang, Jin Long ^b   Tsai, Shih Chuan ^c   Ho, Yung Jen ^d   Kao, Chia Hung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Syndrome X; Thallium 201 heart scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; THALLIUM 201; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME X; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035202818     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011661300903     Document Type: Article

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