Pulmonary hypertension findings detected by F-18 FDG PET scan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 405-406

  Abikhzer, Yael ^a   Probst, Stephan ^a   Rush, Christopher ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG PET; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Right ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 46349089274     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31817082ad     Document Type: Article

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