title: Massive left pleural effusion resulting in false-positive myocardial perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, Lexington VA Medical Center, 1101 Veterans Drive, Lexington, KY 40502, USA. wshih0@uky.edu
authors.forename: Wei-Jen
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Justice
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013793:Thallium; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C027549:thallium chloride; D013793:Thallium