The troponin conundrum: Clarification through stress myocardial perfusion SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-8

  Mahmarian, John J ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPONIN;

EID: 33846571382     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.12.145     Document Type: Editorial

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