Cardiac radionuclide imaging in stable coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-78

  Stirrup, James ^a   Wechalekar, Kshama ^a   Maenhout, Annelies ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Constantinos ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMMONIA N 13; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; RUBIDIUM 82; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; WATER O 15;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PACING; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TACHYCARDIA; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349775267     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldp004     Document Type: Review

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