Quantification of regional myocardial blood flow in a canine model of stunned and infarcted myocardium: Comparison of rubidium-82 positron emission tomography with microspheres

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-74

  Lekx, Katie S ^a   Dekemp, Robert A ^c   Beanlands, Robert S B ^c   Wisenberg, Gerald ^a,b   Glenn Wells, R ^a   Stodilka, Robert Z ^a   Lortie, Mireille ^c   Klein, Ran ^c   Zabel, Pamela ^b   Kovacs, Michael S ^a   Sykes, Jane ^a   Prato, Frank S ^a  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infarcted myocardium; Microspheres; Perfusion imaging; Positron emission tomography; Rubidium 82; Stunned myocardium

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; MICROSPHERE; RUBIDIUM 82;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HEART; HYPEREMIA; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REST; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 74349093712     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328332b32a     Document Type: Article

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