Low event rate for stress-only perfusion imaging in patients evaluated for chest pain

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 999-1004

  Gibson, Peter ^a   Demus, Diane ^a   Noto, Richard ^a   Hudson, William ^a   Johnson, Lynne ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037139251     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01720-5     Document Type: Article

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