Left ventricular dyssynchrony assessed by gated SPECT phase analysis is an independent predictor of death in patients with advanced coronary artery disease and reduced left ventricular function not undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1561-1569

  Uebleis, Christopher ^a   Hellweger, Stefan ^a   Laubender, Rũdiger Paul ^a   Becker, Alexander ^a   Sohn, Hae Young ^a   Lehner, Sebastian ^a   Haug, Alexander ^a   Bartenstein, Peter ^a   Cumming, Paul ^a   Van Kriekinge, Serge D ^b,c   Slomka, Piotr J ^b,c   Hacker, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gated SPECT; Left ventricular dyssynchrony; Phase analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEFT VENTRICULAR MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84868196853     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-012-2157-1     Document Type: Article

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