Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive accuracies of non-invasive tests, singly and in combination, for diagnosis of hibernating myocardium

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1358-1367

  Lacanna, G ^a   Rahimtoola, S H ^b   Visioli, O ^a   Giubbini, R ^c   Alfieri, O ^d   Zognio, M ^d   Milan, E ^c   Ceconi, C ^a   Gargano, M ^a   Lorusso, R ^d   Ferrari, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

^d II Divisione di Cardiochirurgia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic thickness; Dobutamine echocardiography; Hibernating myocardium; Thallium scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIASTOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0342647348     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.2038     Document Type: Article

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