Increased Thallium-201 Accumulation in the Transplanted Lung

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-309

  Freeman, Andrew M ^a   Georgakis, Alexander ^a   Kochar, Minisha ^a   Patel, Namrata ^a   Vandecker, William A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 67849101242     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31819e51aa     Document Type: Article

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