Methods of assessment and clinical relevance of myocardial hibernation and stunning: Assessment of myocardial viability

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 46, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 264-269

  Baer, F M ^a   Erdmann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Myocardial infarction; Revascularization; Stunning; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032151576     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013083     Document Type: Article

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