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HEART-SCAN


subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 13/12/2001
originator: Claudia
check date: 06/05/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISANUCLEAR-SCANNING
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
NUCLEAR-SCANNING
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
TOMOGRAPHY
WORK-ACTIVITY
X-RAY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : HEART
USES : CONTRAST-MEDIUM


English
heart scandefinition: nuclear scanning involving the injection or oral ingestion of a radioactive substance to examine the heart since certain radioactive substances allow to recognize morphological alterations (e.g. heart attack). A two-dimensional picture is then taken of the organ. This is a diagnostic procedure for heart diseases. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
gammagrafía cardíacaterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: radiografía seriada por planos paralelos del corazón después de la inyección intravenosa de una pequeña cantidad de sustancia radiactiva. Esta sustancia permite valorar alteraciones morfológicas (por ej. infartos). Esta técnica se utiliza en el diagnóstico de enfermedades cardíacas así como para controlar el desarrollo de un tratamiento. (es)
gender: feminine