Tracking a therapeutic response: How reliable are serial measurements of LV perfusion and function?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-363

  Germano, Guido ^a   Kavanagh, Paul B ^a   Slomka, Piotr J ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84863481037     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9518-9     Document Type: Review

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