Automatic global and regional phase analysis from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: Application to the characterization of ventricular contraction in patients with left bundle branch block

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1790-1797

  Van Kriekinge, Serge D ^a,b   Nishina, Hidetaka ^c   Ohba, Muneo ^d   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b   Germano, Guido ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Left bundle branch block; Left ventricular dyssynchrony; Myocardial perfusion gated SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349089797     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.055160     Document Type: Article

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