Evaluation of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony as determined by phase analysis of ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and conduction disturbances

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-307

  Trimble, Mark A ^a   Borges Neto, Salvador ^a   Smallheiser, Stuart ^c   Chen, Ji ^d   Honeycutt, Emily F ^a   Shaw, Linda K ^a   Heo, Jaekyeong ^b   Pagnanelli, Robert A ^a   Tauxe, E Lindsey ^b   Garcia, Ernest V ^d   Esteves, Fabio ^d   Seghatol Eslami, Frank ^b   Kay, G Neal ^c   Iskandrian, Ami E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gated single photon emission computed tomography; heart failure; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249672086     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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