The diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients with chest pain and complete left bundle branch block: Utility of adenosine Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 510-515

  Feola, Mauro ^a   Biggi, Alberto ^a   Ribichini, Flavio ^a   Camuzzini, Gianfranco ^a   Uslenghi, Eugenio ^a  

^a Cardiology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial Hypertension; Chest Pain; Left Bundle Branch Block; Myocardial Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036661126     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200207000-00009     Document Type: Article

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