Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in Europe 2005: A survey of the European Council on Nuclear Cardiology

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-268

  Underwood, S Richard ^a   Wiener, Susanna ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b European Council of Nuclear Cardiology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion scinitgraphy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EUROPE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HOSPITALS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58849099056     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0942-7     Document Type: Article

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