Agreement between observers with different experience in the interpretation of the stress myocardial perfusion electrocardiogram in SPECT;Concordancia entre observadores con distinta experiencia en interpretación de electrocardiograma de esfuerzo en SPECT de perfusión miocárdica

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 278-282

  Massardo, T ^a   Lavados, H ^a   Jaimovich, R ^a   Carmona, A ^a   Rau, C ^a   Herrera, E ^a   Quevedo, L ^b   Prat, H ^a  

^a Centro Cardiovascular del Hospital   (Chile)

^b Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica ^*

Author keywords

Concordance interobserver; Myocardial perfusion SPECT; Stress electrocardiogram; Training

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70449724956     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: 1578200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1578-200X(09)70026-9     Document Type: Article

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