Gated single-photon emission computed tomography: The present-day "one-stop-shop" for cardiac imaging

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-29

  Sciagra R ^a   Leoncini, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart, radionuclide imaging; Myocardium; Tomography, emission computed, single photon

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ALGORITHM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 20644448021     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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