Comparison of myocardial gated single photon emission computerised tomography, planar radionuclide ventriculography and echocardiography in evaluating left ventricular ejection fraction, wall thickening and wall motion

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1120-1126

  Mohan, Hosahalli K ^a   Livieratos, L ^a   Gallagher, S ^a   Bailey, D L ^a   Chambers, J ^a   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomical M mode echocardiography; Gated SPECT; LV function

Indexed keywords

STANNOUS PYROPHOSPHATE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12344318997     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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