The role of early measurement of Nitrogen-13 ammonia uptake for predicting contractile recovery after acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-267

  Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a   Mélon, Pierre G ^a,b   De Landsheere, Christian M ^b   Degueldre, Christian ^b   Kulbertus, Henri E ^a   Piérard, Luc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Contractility; Echocardiography; N 13 ammonia; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN 13;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS;

AMMONIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 2342641010     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006042400386     Document Type: Article

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