Does cardiac sympathetic innervation imaging fulfill an unmet need for managing atrial fibrillation?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-88

  Crawford, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac mIBG radionuclide imaging; heart failure; permanent atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; CARDIOVERSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 78651410444     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.11.008     Document Type: Editorial

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