Evaluation of mechanical dyssynchrony and myocardial perfusion using phase analysis of gated SPECT imaging in patients with left ventricular dysfunction

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-670

  Trimble, Mark A ^a,b   Borges Neto, Salvador ^a,b   Honeycutt, Emily F ^a   Shaw, Linda K ^a   Pagnanelli, Robert ^b   Chen, Ji ^c   Iskandrian, Ami E ^d   Garcia, Ernest V ^c   Velazquez, Eric J ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure; left ventricular dysfunction; Mechanical dyssynchrony; single photon emission computed tomography imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GATED IMAGING; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50149105705     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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