Comparison of regional myocardial blood flow and perfusion in dilated cardiomyopathy and left bundle branch block: Role of wall thickening

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 414-418

  Nowak, Bernd ^a   Stellbrink, Christoph ^a   Schaefer, Wolfgang M ^a   Sinha, Anil M ^a   Breithardt, Ole A ^a   Kaiser, Hans Juergen ^a   Reinartz, Patrick ^a   Hanrath, Peter ^a   Buell, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15O water; 99mTc methoxyisobutylisonitrile; Left bundle branch block; Wall thickening

Indexed keywords

ACIPIMOX; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; WATER O 15; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WATER;

EID: 2342482425     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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