Prognostic role of myocardial single photon emission computed tomography in the elderly

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-315

  Perrone Filardi, Pasquale ^a   Costanzo, Pierluigi ^a   Dellegrottaglie, Santo ^a,b   Gargiulo, Paola ^a   Ruggiero, Donatella ^a   Savarese, Gianluigi ^a   Parente, Antonio ^a   D'Amore, Carmen ^a   Cuocolo, Alberto ^a   Chiariello, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Elderly; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE TL 201; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953326417     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9182-x     Document Type: Review

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