Myocardial perfusion imaging: clinical experience and recent progress in radionuclide scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging.
In the past 20 years, radionuclide scintigraphy has proven to be a sensitive clinical tool in the assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormalities. Magnetic resonance imaging may also be used to study myocardial perfusion, but its potential value still has to emerge in the clinical setting. This review addresses the potential and achievements of both methods in clinical cardiology.
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Department of Cardiology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bax
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van Rossum
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D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013667:Technetium; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium