Stress-related variations in left ventricular function as assessed with gated myocardial perfusion SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 456-463

  Verberne, Hein J ^a   Dijkgraaf, Marcel G W ^a   Somsen, G Aernout ^a   van Eck Smit, Berthe L F ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gated single photon emission computed tomography; Heart rate; Ischemia; Left ventricular function; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NITRATE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0142244162     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(03)00589-0     Document Type: Article

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