Frequency and severity of myocardial perfusion abnormalities using Tc-99m MIBI SPECT in cardiac syndrome X

BMC Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Saghari, Mohsen ^a   Assadi, Majid ^a   Eftekhari, Mohammad ^a   Yaghoubi, Mohammad ^b   Fard Esfahani, Armaghan ^a   Malekzadeh, Jan Mohammad ^b   Sichani, Babak Fallhi ^a   Beiki, Davood ^a   Takavar, Abbas ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STENOSIS;

EID: 33645047412     PISSN: 14712385     EISSN: 14712385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2385-6-1     Document Type: Article

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