Myocardial perfusion imaging using gated SPECT in heart failure patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-168

  Sciagrà, Roberto ^a   Giaccardi, Marzia ^a,b   Porciani, Maria Cristina ^a   Colella, Andrea ^a   Michelucci, Antonio ^a   Pieragnoli, Paolo ^a   Gensini, Gianfranco ^a   Pupi, Alberto ^a   Padeletti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Pacing; Perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SPIRONOLACTONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1542714255     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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