Quantitative gated SPECT-derived phase analysis on gated myocardial perfusion SPECT detects left ventricular dyssynchrony and predicts response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 718-725

  Boogers, Mark M ^a,b   Van Kriekinge, Serge D ^c,d   Henneman, Maureen M ^a   Ypenburg, Claudia ^a   Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Boersma, Eric ^e   Dibbets Schneider, Petra ^a   Stokkel, Marcel P ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^c,d   Germano, Guido ^c,d   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT; Left ventricular dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 66149181797     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060657     Document Type: Article

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