Regional wall-motion abnormalities on post-stress electrocardiographic-gated technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography imaging predict cardiac events

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 810-817

  Kapetanopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Ahlberg, Alan W ^a   Taub, Cynthia C ^a   Katten, Deborah M ^a   Heller, Gary V ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic and prognostic application; ejection fraction; gated SPECT; left ventricular function; Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONNECTICUT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36148959356     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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