Relationship between exercise-induced ST segmental depression and myocardial ischemia assessed by technetium-99m tetrofosmin SPECT imaging in patients with inferior Q wave myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-201

  Sarullo, Filippo Maria ^a,d   Azzarello, Vincenzo ^a   Sarullo, Antonio ^b   Cirino, Giovanni ^b   Di Pasquale, Pietro ^c  

^a Fatebenefratelli   (Italy)

^b Medicina Nucleare Srl   (Italy)

^c Ospedale GF Ingrassia   (Italy)

^d Buccheri la Ferla Fatebenefratelli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Inferior acute myocardial infarction; Myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; Q WAVE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035997864     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014637509261     Document Type: Article

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