Characteristics of Patients with Abnormal Stress Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi SPECT Studies without Significant Coronary Artery Diameter Stenoses

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 521-524

  Ammann, Peter ^a,b   Naegeli, Barbara ^a   Rickli, Hans ^b   Buchholz, Susanns ^a   Mury, Raymond ^a   Schuiki, Ernst ^a   Bertel, Osmund ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Left bundle branch block; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Single photon emission computed tomography sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242321683     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960261109     Document Type: Article

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