Is it possible for myocardial perfusion imaging to avoid missing any patients with high-risk coronary disease?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 492-496

  Travin, Mark I ^a,b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 201; TRACER;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MASKING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547442027     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.06.110     Document Type: Editorial

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