Stress-Only Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. A New Paradigm

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-233

  Iskandrian, Ami E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

myocardial perfusion imaging; radiation exposure; risk stratification; single photon emission computed tomography; stress testing

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 73549111820     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.007     Document Type: Editorial

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