QT dispersion is determined by the relative extent of normal, hibernating, and scarred myocardium in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy. A dobutamine stress echocardiography study before and after surgical revascularization

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Papadopoulos, Christodoulos E ^b   Zaglavara, Theodora ^a   Karvounis, Haralambos I ^b   Haaverstad, Rune ^a   Parharidis, Georgios E ^b   Louridas, Georgios E ^b   Kenny, Antoinette ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hibernating myocardium; Myocardial viability; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SCAR FORMATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 29444445671     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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