Day-to-day variability of global left ventricular funtional and perfusional measurements by quantitative gated SPECT using Tc-99m tetrofosmin in patients with heart failure due to coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  De Winter, Olivier ^a   De Bondt, Pieter ^a   Van De Wiele, Christophe ^a   De Backer, Guy ^a   Dierckx, Rudi A ^a   De Sutter, Johan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Heart failure; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Myocardial gated single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1242320054     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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