Heterogeneity of myocardial blood flow and metabolism: Review of physiologic principles and implications for radionuclide imaging of the heart

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 534-541

  Gewirtz, Henry ^a   Tawakol, Ahmed ^a   Bacharach, Stephen L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; CARBON 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 15; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036765547     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.125916     Document Type: Review

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