Evaluation of myocardial perfusion using rubidium-82 positron emission tomography after myocardial infarction in patients receiving primary stent implantation or thrombolytic therapy

Am J Cardiol. 2001 Oct 15;88(8):886-9, A6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01898-7.

Authors

N S Scott¹, M R Le May, R de Kemp, T D Ruddy, M Labinaz, J F Marquis, L A Laramee, E R O'Brien, W L Williams, L A Higginson, R S Beanlands

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac PET Center, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 11676954
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01898-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Circulation
Female
Heart / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Myocardial Reperfusion*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Rubidium Radioisotopes
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Tomography, Emission-Computed*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Rubidium Radioisotopes