SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for the assessment of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-694

  Chen, Ji ^a   Garcia, Ernest V ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Iskandrian, Ami E ^c   Borges Neto, Salvador ^d   Soman, Prem ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; left ventricular dyssynchrony; left ventricular function; Myocardial perfusion imaging: SPECT; phase analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052495915     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9392-x     Document Type: Article

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