Evaluation of Sympathetic Re-innervation in Heterotopic Cardiac Transplants by Iodine-123-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (I-123-MIBG) Imaging

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 977-980

  Yap, Kenneth S K ^a   Gould, Paul ^b   Kalff, Victor ^a   Kaye, David M ^b   Esmore, Don ^a   Kelly, Michael J ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; IODINE 123;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INNERVATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADULT; AGED; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33746573874     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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