Interobserver correlation in the interpretation of99mTc- sestamibi SPECT in reperfused acute myocardial infarction;Correlación interobservadores en interpretación de SPECT de perfusión con99mTc-sestamibi en infarto agudo de miocardio reperfundido

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Massardo, T ^a   Lavados, H ^a   Jaimovich, R ^a   Herrera, E ^a   Quevedo, L ^a   Alfaro, L ^b   Assef, V ^b   Coll, C ^a   Velasquez C ^b   Pereira, M E ^b   Olea, E ^b   Quintana, J C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Interobserver concordance; Myocardial infarction; Perfusion; SPECT; Training

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 42549100976     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: 1578200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13117188     Document Type: Article

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