Cardiovascular nuclear imaging: From perfusion to molecular function

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 809-816

  Higuchi, Takahiro ^a   Bengel, Frank M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; 15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; AMMONIA N 13; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RUBIDIUM 82; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; WATER O 15;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44349098592     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.122747     Document Type: Review

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