Transient ischemic dilation associated with poststress myocardial stunning of the left ventricle in vasodilator stress myocardial perfusion SPECT: True marker of severe ischemia?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-260

  Abidov, Aiden ^a,b   Berman, Daniel S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 20344378678     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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