Important parameters in the detection of left main trunk disease using stress myocardial perfusion imaging

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Shiba, Chie ^a   Chikamori, Taishiro ^a   Hida, Satoshi ^a   Igarashi, Yuko ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Hirose, Ken ichi ^a   Ohtaki, Yuka ^a   Usui, Yasuhiro ^a   Miyagi, Manabu ^a   Hatano, Tsuguhisa ^a   Yamashina, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Left main trunk; Lung uptake of radiotracer; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN TRUNK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 58249127077     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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