Increased Tl-201 lung uptake on rest imaging but absent Tc-99m tetrofosmin lung uptake on stress imaging in patients with known chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery disease with left ventricular dysfunction [1]

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-127

  Shih, Wei Jen ^a,b   Milan, Primo ^c   Holzhauer, Markus ^b  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; LUNG; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; THALLIUM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12744272119     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.09.016     Document Type: Letter

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