Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients undergoing major non-vascular abdominal surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 420-425

  Mumtaz, H ^b   Bomanji, J B ^a,b   Gupta, N K ^b   Davidson, T ^b   Costa, D C ^b   Taylor, I ^a,b   Ell, P J ^a,b  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Radionuclide; Surgery; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 10144237204     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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