Diagnostic value of SPECT, PET and PET/CT in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: A systematic review

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Al Moudi, M ^a   Sun, Z ^a   Lenzo, N ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic value; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RUBIDIUM 82; THALLIUM 201; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79954532507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.7.2.e9     Document Type: Review

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