The value of upsloping ST depression in diagnosing myocardial ischemia

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-240

  Polizos, George ^a   Ellestad, Myrvin H ^a  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33745609521     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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