Microvascular dysfunction in nonfailing arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-420

  Paul, Matthias ^a   Rahbar, Kambiz ^a   Gerss, Joachim ^b   Kies, Peter ^a   Schober, Otmar ^a   Schäfers, Klaus ^b   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Schulze Bahr, Eric ^a   Wichter, Thomas ^c   Schäfers, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Coronary vascular resistance; Myocardial blood flow; Myocardial perfusion; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84859643871     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1985-8     Document Type: Article

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