Nitrate-enhanced gated SPECT in patients with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: Evidence of a reversible and nitrate-sensitive impairment of myocardial perfusion

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1981-1990

  Djaballah, Wassila ^a,b,c   Muller, Marc A ^a   Angioï, Michael ^a,b   Moulin, Frédéric ^a   Codreanu, Andrei ^a,b   Mandry, Damien ^a,b   Ethevenot, Gérard ^a   Karcher, Gilles ^a   Aliot, Etienne ^a   Marie, Pierre Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Gated SPECT; Nitrates; Nitric oxide; Primary angioplasty; Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRATES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36749010649     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0423-4     Document Type: Article

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