Can Carbonated Lime Drink Intake Prior to Myocardial Perfusion Imaging With Tc-99m MIBI Reduce the Extracardiac Activity That Degrades the Image Quality and Leads to Fallacies in Interpretation?

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2010

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Tc-99m sestamibi, myocardial perfusion imaging, carbonated lime drink, myocardium to abdomen ratio (M/A ratio), extracardiac activity

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Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Vol. 35 (3): pp. 160-164

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