Myocardial scintigraphic studies with 123I-MIBG, 201Tl and 99mTc-PYP in patients with cardiac amyloidosis

Kakuigaku

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1033-1039

  Fujii, Tadashige ^a  

^a School of Allied Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

123I metaiodobenzylguanidine; 201Tl; 99mTc pyrophosphate; Cardiac amyloidosis; Myocardial scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 17944394745     PISSN: 00227854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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