Methods A MEDLINE search (1980 through January 2000) was performed using the search
term “myocardial viability” in combination with a set of terms for the techniques:“Thallium …

Objectives. We sought to evaluate the comparative accuracy of myocardial contrast
echocardiography (MCE), quantitative rest-redistribution thallium-201 (Tl-201) tomography …

Objective To determine the best test (s) for predicting functional recovery of hibernating
myocardium after reperfusion. Methods A prospective study to compare echocardiographic …

Objectives: This study characterizes the histology of myocardium predicted to be hibernating
using three different imaging techniques to explain the discordance among them …

The hibernating myocardium refers to resting LV dysfunction due to reduced coronary blood
flow that can be partially or completely reversed by myocardial revascularization and/or by …

T he differentiation of viable from nonviable myo-cardium in patients with coronary artery dis-
ease and left ventriculardysfunction is an issue of increasing clinical relevance in the current …

Background—Both radionuclide perfusion tracers and contractile response to dobutamine
have been used to identify hibernating myocardium. The aim was to compare 201Tl …

Background—There are currently no data on the accuracy of intravenous myocardial
contrast echocardiography (MCE) in detecting myocardial hibernation in man and its …

In recent years, diagnostic testing to evaluate the presence and extent of viable but
dysfunctional myocardium has become an important component of the clinical assessment …

Over the past decade the number of patients presenting with heart failure has increased
exponentially. 1 It has been estimated that 4.7 million patients in the USA have chronic heart …