Usefulness of distinct activity thresholds according to baseline regional asynergy for predicting functional recovery in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction: A study with nitrate-enhanced sestamibi gated SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 555-560

  Leoncini, Mario ^a   Marcucci, Gabriella ^a   Sciagrà, Roberto ^b   Frascarelli, Fabio ^a   Bellandi, Francesco ^a   Gallopin, Michela ^a   Mennuti, Alberto ^a   Dabizzi, Roberto Piero ^a  

^a MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Gated single photon emission computed tomography; Myocardial viability; Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034779024     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2001.116016     Document Type: Article

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