Evaluation of hibernating myocardium

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1239-1240

  Bax, Jeroen ^a   Poldermans, D ^b   Van Der Wall, E E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; THALLIUM 201;

CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; THERMODILUTION;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 7244243853     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.035998     Document Type: Editorial

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