Association of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony with survival benefit from revascularization: A study of gated positron emission tomography in patients with ischemic LV dysfunction and narrow QRS

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1581-1591

  AlJaroudi, Wael ^a   Alraies, M Chadi ^b,c   Hachamovitch, Rory ^a   Jaber, Wael A ^a   Brunken, Richard ^a   Cerqueira, Manuel D ^a   Marwick, Thomas ^a  

^a Imaging Institute   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Mechanical dyssynchrony; Narrow QRS; Outcomes; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM 82;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROPENSITY SCORE; QRS COMPLEX; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84868232038     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-012-2171-3     Document Type: Article

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