Coronary artery disease: The other half of the heaven

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-80

  Milan, E ^a,b  

^a San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^b San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary disease, radionuclide imaging; Coronary disease, therapy; Women

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ATTENUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 20644461934     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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