The significance of cardiac sympathetic nervous system abnormality in the long-term prognosis of patients with a history of ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Akutsu, Yasushi ^a   Kaneko, Kyouichi ^a   Kodama, Yusuke ^a   Li, Hui Ling ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuharu ^a   Asano, Taku ^a   Tanno, Kaoru ^a   Shinozuka, Akira ^a   Gokan, Takehiko ^a   Kobayashi, Youichi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term prognosis; Scintigraphy; Sudden cardiac death; Sympathetic nervous system; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58249103878     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.055194     Document Type: Article

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