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Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion with 15O-Water

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Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 165))

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Abstract

Assessment of regional myocardial blood flow at rest and after physiological or pharmacological stress is paramount in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease for assessment of interventions designed to improve nutritive perfusion and for delineation of the effects of noncoronary disease on myocardial perfusion.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technical University in Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar Ismaninger Strasse 22, D-81675, Munich, Germany

    Markus Schwaiger M.D. (Director and Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine) (Director and Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine)

  2. Division of Nuclear Medicine Department of Internal Medicine UMH B1 G412 / 0028, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0028, USA

    Markus Schwaiger M.D. (Director and Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine) (Director and Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine)

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Herrero, P., Bergmann, S.R. (1996). Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion with 15O-Water. In: Schwaiger, M. (eds) Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 165. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1233-8_7

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