Integrated SPECT/CT for assessment of haemodynamically significant coronary artery lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1917-1925

  Rispler, Shmuel ^a   Aronson, Doron ^a   Abadi, Sobhi ^a   Roguin, Ariel ^a   Engel, Ahuva ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a   Israel, Ora ^a   Keidar, Zohar ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CT coronary angiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80455155244     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1856-3     Document Type: Article

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