Thallium-201 Myocardial Imaging at Rest in Male Orienteers and Other Endurance Athletes

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-66

  Andersson, L G ^a   Henriksen, E ^b   Damm, S ^b   Jonason, T ^b   Niklasson, U ^b   Wesslen L ^a   Nystrom Rosander C ^a   Maripuu, E ^a   Ringqvist, I ^b   Rolf, C ^c   Hedenstierna, G ^a   Friman, G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDURANCE; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPORT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; FIBROSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; SWEDEN; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035757149     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000-1967-173     Document Type: Article

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