The histology of viable and hibernating myocardium in relation to imaging characteristics

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 428-435

  Gunning, Mark G ^a   Kaprielian, Raffi R ^a   Pepper, John ^a   Pennell, Dudley J ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^a   Fox, Kim M ^a   Underwood, S Richard ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DOBUTAMINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; THALLIUM;

EID: 0037028682     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01766-1     Document Type: Article

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