959-105 Emergency Center Tc99m-sestamibi SPECT Imaging for Unexplained Chest Pain: Cost Savings and Outcome Analysis
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Filter selection for 99mTc-Sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging [Persian]
Myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging with Tc99m-sestamibi is the most accurate non-invasive means of detecting coronary artery disease and assessing the severity of perfusion abnormalities in the patients with coronary stenosis. Though simple and straight forward the results produced by the technique is very much affected by the details being used. One of the main problems with the test, wh...
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myocardial perfusion spect imaging with tc99m-sestamibi is the most accurate non-invasive means of detecting coronary artery disease and assessing the severity of perfusion abnormalities in the patients with coronary stenosis. though simple and straight forward the results produced by the technique is very much affected by the details being used. one of the main problems with the test, which ha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)92335-3