The prevalence and significance of increased gastric wall radiotracer uptake in sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 435-441

  Gholamrezanezhad, Ali ^a   Moinian, Davoud ^b   Eftekhari, Mohammad ^a   Mirpour, Sahar ^a   Hajimohammadi, Hadi ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b 110 Nuclear Medicine Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

99mTc sestamibi cardiac SPECT; Dyspepsia; Extra cardiac activity; Gastric wall; Peptic disease

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STOMACH WALL; SYMPTOM; ULCER;

EID: 33745074707     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9055-6     Document Type: Article

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