Lower gastrointestinal bleeding diagnosed by red blood cell scintigraphy in a patient with a left ventricular assist device

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 856-858

  Tulchinsky, Mark ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes radionuclide imaging; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Heart assist devices

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COLON HEMORRHAGE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SIGMOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ERYTHROCYTES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58749114586     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31818bf522     Document Type: Article

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