Transient ischemic dilation ratio: A universal high-risk diagnostic marker in myocardial perfusion imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 497-500

  Abidov, Aiden ^a,b   Germano, Guido ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201; TRACER;

BAYES THEOREM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547421334     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.06.111     Document Type: Editorial

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