Utility of myocardial perfussion scintigraphy in emergency department for evaluation of patients with chest pain;Utilidad de la gammagrafía de perfusión miocárdica para la evaluación de pacientes con dolor torácico en el servicio de urgencias

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Jimenez Hoyuela Garcia J M ^a   Robledo Carmona, J ^a   Martinez Del Valle Torres M D ^a   Ortega Lozano, S ^a   Delgado Garcia A ^a   Gomez Doblas J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Emergency department; Myocardial scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 34247523240     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13099946     Document Type: Article

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