Dipyridamole Tl-201 SPECT imaging in patients with myocardial bridging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 759-764

  Lee, Yong Suk ^a   Moon, Dae Hyuk ^a   Shin, Jüng Woo ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a   Lee, Hee Kyung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Myocardial Bridging; Myocardial Ischemia; SPECT; Tl 201

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344549154     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199910000-00006     Document Type: Article

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