Quantitative thallium-201 myocardial exercise scintigraphy in normal subjects and patients with normal coronary arteries

• Published in: European journal of radiology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 19 - 27
• Main Authors: Niemeyer, M.G., Laarman, G.J., Lelbach, S., Cramer, M.J., Go, L.T., Verzijlbergen, J.F., van der Wall, E.E., Zwinderman, A.H., Ascoop, C.A.P.L., Pauwels, E.K.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 1990; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular system; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary vessel, disease; Electrocardiography; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Test; Female; Heart - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardium, radionuclide study; Radionuclide Imaging; Radionuclide imaging, technology; Reference Values; Thallium Radioisotopes; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Radionuclide imaging, technology; Myocardium, radionuclide study; Coronary vessel, disease; Radionuclide study; Human; Thallium; Myocardium; Exercise tolerance test; Circulatory system; Scintigraphy; Normal; Quantitative analysis

Quantitative thallium-201 myocardial exercise scintigraphy was tested in two patient populations representing alternative standards for cardiac normality: group I comprised 18 male uncatheterized patients with a low likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD); group II contained 41 patients with nor...