Prognostic Value of Exercise Stress Technetium-99m-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients With Normal Baseline Electrocardiograms

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-590

  Elhendy, Abdou ^a,c   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Valkema, Roelf ^a   Huurman, Aukje ^a   Feringa, Harm H H ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33747186210     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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