Prognostic implications of stress-induced transient ischemic dilation of the left ventricle in patients with systolic dysfunction and fixed perfusion defects

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-327

  Bestetti, Alberto ^a   Bigi, Riccardo ^a   Terranova, Paolo ^a   Lombardi, Federico ^a   Fiorentini, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease (CAD); Heart; Left ventricle dysfunction; Myocardial perfusion; Prognosis; Single photon emission tomography (SPECT); Stress induced transient ischemic dilation (TID)

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REST; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS INDUCED TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC DILATION OF THE HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; AGED; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77954930650     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.121     Document Type: Article

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