Prediction of recovery of left ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction: Comparison between 99mTc-sestamibi cardiac tomography and low-dose dobutamine echocardiography

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1683-1692

  Spinelli, Letizia ^b   Petretta, Mario ^b   Cuocolo, Alberto ^a   Nicolai, Emanuele ^b   Acampa, Wanda ^b   Vicario, Lucia ^b   Bonaduce, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

99mTc sestamibi; Contractile function; Dobutamine echocardiography; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROC CURVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032888662     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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