Improvement of myocardial performance (Tei) index closely reflects intrinsic improvement of cardiac function: Assessment in revascularized hibernating myocardium

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-306

  Carluccio, Erberto ^a   Biagioli, Paolo ^a   Alunni, Gianfranco ^a   Murrone, Adriano ^a   Zuchi, Cinzia ^a   Biscottini, Emilia ^a   Lauciello, Rosanna ^a   Pantano, Paola ^a   Gentile, Federico ^b,c   Nishimura, Rick A ^c   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Centro Medico Diagnostico   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic dysfunction; ecocardiography dobutamine; hibernation; surgery coronary bypass; viability

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84858796866     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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