PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mann, A
TI  - Women's health issues and nuclear medicine, Part I: Women and heart disease.
DP  - 1999 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 89--92
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/27/2/89.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/27/2/89.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1999 Jun 01; 27
AB  - This is the first article of a four-part series on women's health issues and nuclear medicine. This article will review women and heart disease. After reading this article the technologist will be able to: (a) compare and contrast the differences in diagnosing coronary artery disease between men and women; (b) explain the importance of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging in diagnosing and stratifying risk of coronary artery disease in women; and (c) list and explain the technical challenges of imaging women's hearts.