Assessment of myocardial perfusion and function with PET and PET/CT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 498-513

  Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^b   Sitek, Arkadiusz ^a   Moore, Stephen C ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo ^a   Dorbala, Sharmila ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMMONIA N 13; BMS 747158 02; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; F18 BMS 747158 02; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; REGADENOSON; RUBIDIUM 82; THALLIUM 201; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER O 15;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77953326013     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9223-5     Document Type: Review

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