Stress echocardiography: A historical perspective

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-130

  Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CANCER RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTISCANNING; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037313564     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01427-4     Document Type: Review

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