Establishing the Prognostic Value of Rb-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. A Step in the Right Direction

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 855-857

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Chareonthaitawee, Panithaya ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; RUBIDIUM 82;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650236468     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.03.014     Document Type: Editorial

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