Comparison between ultrafast and standard single-photon emission CT in patients with coronary artery disease a pilot study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-58

  Gimelli, Alessia ^a,d   Bottai, Matteo ^b,c   Giorgetti, Assuero ^a   Genovesi, Dario ^a   Kusch, Annette ^a   Ripoli, Andrea ^a   Marzullo, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial ischemia; Tomography emission computed single photon

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79952178472     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.957399     Document Type: Article

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