The role of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging for asymptomatic individuals

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-15

  Hendel, Robert C ^a   Abbott, Brian G ^b   Bateman, Timothy M ^c   Blankstein, Ron ^d   Calnon, Dennis A ^e   Leppo, Jeffrey A ^f   Maddahi, Jamshid ^g   Schumaecker, Matthew M ^h   Shaw, Leslee J ⁱ   Ward, R Parker ^j   Wolinsky, David G ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MidOhio Cardiology and Vascular Consultants   (United States)

^f BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k Prime Care Physicians   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALCIUM SCORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79951677483     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9320-5     Document Type: Article

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