Does quantification of myocardial flow reserve using rubidium-82 positron emission tomography facilitate detection of multivessel coronary artery disease?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 670-680

  Ziadi, Maria C ^a,b   DeKemp, Robert A ^a   Williams, Kathryn ^a   Guo, Ann ^a   Renaud, Jennifer M ^a   Chow, Benjamin J W ^a   Klein, Ran ^a   Ruddy, Terrence D ^a   Aung, May ^a   Garrard, Linda ^a   Beanlands, Rob S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Oroño Medical Diagnostic Center   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Detection of multivessel disease; Myocardial flow reserve; Rubidium 82 PET

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; RUBIDIUM 82;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865094762     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9506-5     Document Type: Article

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