Esophageal dysfunction in patients with atypical chest pain investigated with esophageal scintigraphy and myocardial perfusion imaging: An outcome study

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 490-497

  Howarth, Douglas ^a,c   Oldfield, Geoffrey ^b   Booker, John ^a   Tan, Phillip ^a  

^a Hunter Imaging Group   (Australia)

^b Pacific Medical Imaging   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atypical chest pain; Esophageal dysfunction; Esophageal scintigraphy; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY STENT; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0142151030     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(03)00551-8     Document Type: Article

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