Evaluation of myocardial perfusion and function by gated SPECT in patients with Behçet's disease

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-295

  Kaya, Eser ^a   Saglam, Hayrettin ^a   Ciftci, Ismail ^b   Kulac, Mustafa ^a   Karaca, Semsettin ^a   Melek, Mehmet ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kayseri Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Gated SPECT; Myocardial perfusion and function

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE VOLUME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 44949253021     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0115-y     Document Type: Article

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