Detection of multivessel coronary artery disease: Looking beyond the extent of perfusion abnormalities

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-5

  Desai, Dipan ^a   Kozeski, Gorgi ^a   Akinboboye, Olakunle ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SCINTISCANNING;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67649948211     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9036-y     Document Type: Editorial

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