Perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Will it replace SPECT?

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-122

  Schwitter, Juerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular medicine resonance (CMR); Coronary artery disease; Infarction; Ischemia; Pharmacological stress; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MORTALITY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 37349112100     PISSN: 12729949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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