Falsely negative thallium-201 scintigram associated with truly positive exercise electrocardiogram: The case of the globally balanced myocardial ischemia [1]

Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-24

  Madias, John E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33144456199     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088292     Document Type: Letter

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