Sensitivity of acute rest myocardial perfusion imaging for identifying patients with myocardial ifarction based on troponin definition

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-19

  Kontos, Michael C ^a   Fratkin, Melvin J ^a   Jesse, Robert L ^a   Anderson, F Philip ^a   Ornato, Joseph P ^a   Tatum, James L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Troponin; Unstabel angina

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1242342748     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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