Outcomes in patients with abnormal myocardial perfusion imaging and normal coronary angiogram

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-321

  Delcour, Kimberly S ^a   Khaja, Azamuddin ^a   Chockalingam, Anand ^a,c   Kuppuswamy, Saravanan ^a   Dresser, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiogram; Microvascular dysfunction; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME X; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 67849097417     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708319938     Document Type: Article

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