Visual assessment of left ventricular perfusion and function with electrocardiography-gated SPECT has high intraobserver and the interobserver reproducibility among experienced nuclear cardiologists and cardiology trainees

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-270

  Danias, Peter G ^a   Ahlberg, Alan W ^b   Travin, Mark I ^c   Mahr, Nicholas C ^b   Abreu, Joseph E ^b   Marini, Dominic ^b   Mann, April ^b   Mather, Jeffrey F ^b   Boden, William E ^b   Heller, Gary V ^b,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interobserver agreement; Intraobserver agreement; Reproducibility; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPOSIUM;

EID: 18544365653     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.121233     Document Type: Article

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