Technetium-99m-Sestamibi SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with complete left bundle branch block

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-156

  Alexánderson, Erick ^a,b,d   Mannting, Finn ^c   Gómez Martín, Diana ^a   Fermon, Salomon ^a   Meave, Aloha ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Unidad PET Ciclotrón   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT; Technetium 99m Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PERFUSION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1542298990     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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