Reliability of myocardial perfusion gated SPECT for the reproducible evaluation of resting left ventricular functional parameters in long-term follow-up

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1722-1729

  Sciagrà, Roberto ^a   Berti, Valentina ^a   Genovese, Sabrina ^a   Pupi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gated single photon emission computed tomography; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77956188996     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1444-y     Document Type: Article

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