Variability of serial same-day left ventricular ejection fraction using quantitative gated SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-384

  Vallejo, Enrique ^a   Chaya, Hugo ^a   Plancarte, Gerardo ^a   Victoria, Diana ^a   Bialostozky, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Left ventricular ejection fraction; Quantitative gated single photon emission computed tomography; Serial variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036656772     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.122675     Document Type: Article

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