Hiatal hernia detected by Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 712-713

  Zoghbi, Gilbert J ^a   Heo, Jack ^a   Iskandrian, Ami E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0345769034     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(03)00529-4     Document Type: Article

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