Positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging in children with suspected coronary abnormalities

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-144

  Singh, T P ^a,b   Muzik, O ^a,b   Forbes, T F ^a,b   Di Carli, M F ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Imaging; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; STRESS; THORAX PAIN; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADENOSINE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; PERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0041743729     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0282-5     Document Type: Article

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