Myocardial perfusion SPECT in the diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-395

  Cianciulli, Tomás F ^a   Saccheri, María C ^a   Masoli, Osvaldo H ^a   Redruello, Marcela F ^a   Lax, Jorge A ^a   Morita, Luis A ^a   Gagliardi, Juan A ^a   Dorelle, Adriana N ^a   Prezioso, Horacio A ^a   Vidal, Luis A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apical hypercaptation; Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 68049139458     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9045-x     Document Type: Article

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