Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in the UK: Insights from the British Nuclear Cardiology Society Survey 2000

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages

  Kelion, Andrew D ^a   Anagnostopoulos, C ^b   Harbinson, M ^c   Underwood, S R ^d   Metcalfe, M ^e  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORONARY DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 23944437877     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.049759     Document Type: Article

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