Value of Electrocardiographically Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in a Cohort of Symptomatic Postmenopausal Women

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1096-1099

  Mieres, Jennifer H ^a   Makaryus, Amgad N ^b   Cacciabaudo, Jean M ^c   Donaldson, David ^c   Green, Stephen J ^c   Heller, Gary V ^d   Maddahi, Jamshid ^e   Ong, Lawrence ^c   Rampersaud, Tilkawatee ^c   Rosen, Stacey E ^c   Shaw, Leslee J ^f   Katz, Stanley ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34147172937     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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