Cardiac adrenergic innervation is affected in asymptomatic subjects with very early stage of coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Simula, Sakari ^a   Vanninen, Esko ^a   Viitanen, Laura ^a   Kareinen, Anu ^a   Lehto, Seppo ^a   Pajunen, Pia ^a   Syvänne, Mikko ^a   Kuikka, Jyrki ^a   Laakso, Markku ^a   Hartikainen, Juha ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

123l metaiodobenzylguanidine; Cardiac adrenergic function; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036152137     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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