Vasodilator stress induces infrequent wall thickening abnormalities compared to perfusion defects in mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease: Implications for the choice of imaging modality with vasodilator stress

Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-312

  Soman, Prem ^a   Lahiri, Avijit ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a,b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dipyridamole; Echocardiography; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; VASODILATATION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 2342508993     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03006.x     Document Type: Article

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