Gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in children with myocarditis: can it be considered as an indicator of clinical outcome?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 907-914

  Kiratli, Pinar Ozgen ^a   Tuncel, Murat ^a   Ozkutlu, Suheyla ^a   Caglar, Meltem ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Myocarditis; Pediatrics; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE MB; GALLIUM 67; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN T;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART SCINTISCANNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 58749084857     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328303359f     Document Type: Article

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