Myocardial perfusion imaging in extreme obesity: Leveraging modern technologies to meet a modern challenge

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 284-287

  Taqueti, Viviany R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; RUBIDIUM; RUBIDIUM-82; TECHNETIUM;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBESITY; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 85021119706     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-0956-2     Document Type: Editorial

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