Zero coronary calcium in the presence of severe isolated left main stenosis detected by CT coronary angiography in a patient with typical angina and equivocal myocardial perfusion SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-168

  Schaap, J ^a   Kauling, R M ^a   Boekholdt, S M ^b   Post, M C ^a   Van Der Heyden, J A ^a   De Kroon, T L ^a   Rensing, B J W M ^a   Verzijlbergen, J F ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861496807     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9450-4     Document Type: Article

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