The value of 24-hour images after rest thallium injection

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 629-637

  Wagdy, H M ^a   Christian, T F ^a   Miller, T D ^a   Gibbons, R J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Thallium; Viability

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THALLIUM; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036301603     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200207000-00007     Document Type: Article

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