The additive value of combined assessment of myocardial perfusion and ventricular function studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1721-1724

  Meine, Trip J ^a   Hanson, Michael W ^a   Borges Neto, Salvador ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical cardiology; Myocardial perfusion; Nuclear cardiology; SPECT; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 16544367137     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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