Will innervation imaging predict ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic cardiomyopathy?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 862-865

  Henneman, Maureen M ^a   Bengel, Frank M ^b   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METAIODOBENZYLGUANIDINE I 123; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG RETENTION; EDITORIAL; HEART INNERVATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33746408278     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0166-7     Document Type: Editorial

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