Effect of sex, age, and weight on ejection fraction and end-systolic volume reference limits in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-93

  Peace, Richard A ^a   Adams, Philip C ^a   Lloyd, Jim J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gated SPECT; left ventricular function; reference limits

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 38649112655     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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