Left ventricular dyssynchrony assessed by two three-dimensional imaging modalities: Phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT and tri-plane tissue Doppler imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-173

  Ajmone Marsan, Nina ^a,b   Henneman, Maureen M ^a   Chen, Ji ^c   Ypenburg, Claudia ^a   Dibbets, Petra ^a   Ghio, Stefano ^b   Bleeker, Gabe B ^a   Stokkel, Marcel P ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a,d   Tavazzi, Luigi ^b   Garcia, Ernest V ^c   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gated SPECT; Heart failure; LV dyssynchrony; Nuclear imaging; TDI

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36849058640     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0539-6     Document Type: Article

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