Combining stress-only myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary calcium scanning as a new paradigm for initial patient work-up: An exploratory analysis

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-97

  Uretsky, Seth ^a   Cohen, Randy ^b   Argulian, Edgar ^b   Balasundaram, Kiruthika ^b   Supariwala, Azhar ^b   Subero, Marjorie ^b   Sinha, Samridhi ^b   Paladugu, Keerthana ^b   Gordon DePuey, E ^b   Rozanski, Alan ^b  

^a MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; SPECT MPI; stress only protocol

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REST; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REST; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928238063     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-9958-5     Document Type: Article

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