Stress-induced abnormalities in myocardial perfusion imaging that are not related to perfusion but are of diagnostic and prognostic importance

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 584-595

  Higgins, John P ^a   Higgins, Johanna A ^b   Williams, Gethin ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lung heart ratio; Prognosis; Right ventricular uptake; SPECT MPI; Stunning

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UPTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33947224026     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0293-1     Document Type: Review

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