Underestimation of extent of ischemia by gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with left main coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 521-528

  Berman, Daniel S ^a,b,c   Kang, Xingping ^a,b   Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b,c   Gerlach, James ^a,b   de Yang, Ling ^a,b   Hayes, Sean W ^a,b,c   Friedman, John D ^a,b,c   Thomson, Louise E J ^a,b   Germano, Guido ^a,b,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; left main coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547395499     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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