Myocardial SPECT images for diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-180

  Mazraeshahi, Reza M ^a   Striet, Jeffrey ^a   Oeltgen, Ryan C ^b   Gerson, Myron C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b North Memorial Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular hypertrophy; SPECT

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79251519946     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.110.080200     Document Type: Article

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