Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 36 , Pages 17-26 , December 2003

Quantitative assessment of myocardial ischemia by electrocardiographic and scintigraphic imaging

  • Lawrence M Title, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  • Siân E Iles, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  • Martin J Gardner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  • Cindy J Penney, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  • John C Clements, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  • B.Milan Horáček, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: B. Milan Horáček, PhD, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Bldg., 5859 University Ave, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7, Canada

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☆ Supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, the Sterling-Winthrop Imaging Research Institute, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

PII: S0022-0736(03)00092-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2003.09.004

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 36 , Pages 17-26 , December 2003

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