Relationship of coronary calcium and myocardial perfusion in individuals with chest pain: Assessed by integrated rubidium-82 PET-CT

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Brown, T L Y ^a   Merrill, J ^a   Hill, P ^a   Bengel, Frank M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coronary calcium; Hybrid imaging; Myocardial perfusion; PET CT; Rubidium 82

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; RUBIDIUM 82;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 57349139984     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3413/nukmed-0176     Document Type: Article

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