Diagnosis of coronary artery by radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Loong, C Y ^a   Anagnostopoulos, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; GADOTERIC ACID; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PENTETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 3242892147     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.013581     Document Type: Article

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