The role of gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (GMPS) in myocarditis: A case report and review of the literature

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-115

  Javadi, Hamid ^a   Jallalat, Sara ^a   Pourbehi, Gholamreza ^b   Semnani, Shahriar ^a   Mogharrabi, Mehdi ^a   Nabipour, Iraj ^b   Ravanbod, Mohammadreza ^b   Amini, Abdullatif ^b   Assadi, Majid ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography (ECG); Gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (GMPS); Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE VOLUME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84856654338     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/NMR.2011.00026     Document Type: Article

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