Physiological basis for angina and ST-segment change: PET-verified thresholds of quantitative stress myocardial perfusion and coronary flow reserve

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 990-998

  Johnson, Nils P ^a   Gould, K Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary flow reserve; dipyridamole; ischemia; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 80052810377     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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