Prognosis of a normal positron emission tomography 82Rb myocardial perfusion imaging study in women with no history of coronary disease

Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Van Tosh, Andrew ^a   Supino, Phyllis G ^b,g   Nichols, Kenneth J ^c   Garza, Dahlia ^d   Horowitz, Steven F ^e   Reichek, Nathaniel ^a,f  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Stamford Hospital   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion imaging; Positron emission tomography imaging; Prognosis; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; RUBIDIUM 82;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79952101194     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323841     Document Type: Article

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