Usefulness of dual 67Ga and 99mTc-sestamibi single-photon-emission CT scanning in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1372-1376

  Nakazawa, Ai ^a   Ikeda, Koshiro ^b   Ito, Yoshihisa ^b   Iwase, Mikio ^c   Sato, Koichi ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Dohi, Yasuaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Toyokawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Nephrology Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

67Ga; 99mTc sestamibi; Cardiac sarcoidosis; Diagnosis accuracy; Dual single photon emission CT

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 6344284562     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.4.1372     Document Type: Article

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