The use of nuclear cardiology in clinical decision making

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-72

  Hachamovitch, Rory ^a,b   Berman, Daniel S ^a,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; TRACER; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG UPTAKE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DEATH; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL;

CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 11844300416     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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