Improved diagnostic performance of thallium-201 myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in coronary artery disease: From planar to single photon emission computed tomography imaging

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 522-530

  Tsai, Ming Fong ^a   Kao, Pan Fu ^a   Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease (CAD); Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036669537     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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