Comparison Between Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography and 99mTechnetium Sestamibi Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Determined Myocardial Viability in Predicting Hard Cardiac Events Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1184-1188

  Dwivedi, Girish ^a   Janardhanan, Rajesh ^a   Hayat, Sajad A ^a   Lim, Tiong K ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; SONOVUE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 71749088423     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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