Intrathoracic gastric activity of Tc-99m sestamibi in a patient with gastric pull-up for esophageal cancer

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 632-633

  Alabed, Yazan ^a   Probst, Stephan ^a,b   Rakheja, Rajan ^a   Crelinsten, Gordon ^a   Hickeson, Marc ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atypical chest pain; Enterogastric reflux; Esophagectomy; Gastric pull up; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; STOMACH; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THORAX;

EID: 70350089346     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b06b1a     Document Type: Article

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