Delayed recovery of hibernating myocardium after surgical revascularization: Implications for discrepancy between metabolic imaging and dobutamine echocardiography for assessment of myocardial viability

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 685-687

  Bax, J J ^a   Poldermans, D ^b   Visser, F C ^c   Elhendy, A ^b   Boersma, E ^b   Cornel, J H ^d   Fioretti, P M ^e   Visser, C A ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^e Istituto di Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033391243     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(99)90109-5     Document Type: Editorial

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