Two cases in which myocardial injury could be only evaluated by nuclear medicine studies on electric shock patients whose electrocardiogram and myocardial enzyme levels were normal

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 666-671

  Amino, Mari ^a   Yoshioka, Koichiro ^a   Morita, Seiji ^a   Yamagiwa, Takeshi ^a   Otsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Akieda, Kazuki ^a   Iizuka, Shinichi ^a   Kanda, Shigetaka ^a   Ikari, Yuji ^a   Nasu, Seiji ^a   Hatakeyama, Kenji ^a   Kodama, Itsuo ^b   Inokuchi, Sadaki ^a   Tanabe, Teruhisa ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; 15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; HEART ENZYME; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CREATINE KINASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 68149167127     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31816493c0     Document Type: Article

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