Myocardial salvage in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction determined by myocardial perfusion imaging

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-401

  Kontos, Michael C ^a,b,c,d   Kurdziel, Karen A ^c   Ornato, Joseph P ^b   Jesse, Robert L ^a   Tatum, James L ^c  

^a Cardiology Division   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844277498     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.09.042     Document Type: Article

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