Diagnosis of myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma using 18F-FDG positron emission tomography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 939, 2006, Pages 264-265

  Pai, M ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CONTUSIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33644936879     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/17221499     Document Type: Article

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