Exercise myocardial perfusion imaging in elderly patients

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-580

  Steingart, Richard M ^a   Hodnett, Patty ^a   Musso, Joseph ^a   Feuerman, Martin ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise testing; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Prognosis; Tredmill scores

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STRATIFICATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036868649     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.127013     Document Type: Article

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