Myocardial metastases of carcinoid visualized by 18F-dihydroxy- phenyl-alanine positron emission tomography

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1602-1604

  Fiebrich, Helle Brit ^a   Brouwers, Adrienne H ^a   Links, Thera P ^a   De Vries, Elisabeth G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPA; FLUORINE 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM TUMOR; MALE; MYOCARDIAL METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARCINOID; HEART TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

CARCINOID HEART DISEASE; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 55249125896     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.767111     Document Type: Article

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