Myocardial sympathetic innervation in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease: Follow-up after 1 year with neurostimulation

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1458-1464

  Fricke, Eva ^a   Eckert, Siegfried ^a   Dongas, Aristidis ^a   Fricke, Harald ^a   Preuss, Rainer ^a   Lindner, Oliver ^a   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a   Burchert, Wolfgang ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Ischemia; Positron emission tomography; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYEPHEDRINE C 11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

EID: 51349124840     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.052340     Document Type: Article

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