This study assesses the prognostic value of myocardial viability recognized as a contractile
response to inotropic stimulation in patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in a large …

Revascularization can improve ventricular function in patients with viable myocardium, but
whether and how the presence of viable myocardium affects prognosis of infarcted patients …

In 107 patients with coronary disease and severe left ventricular dysfunction, we examined
the prognostic power of viability identified by dobutamine stress echocardiography. At a …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the presence or absence of
myocardial viability during dobutamine echocardiography (DE) predicts survival in patients …

Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of heart failure in the Western world.
Compared with medical therapy, surgical revascularization has been shown to improve …

The extent and degree of myocardial viability are important parameters in the risk
stratification of patients with significant left ventricular dysfunction secondary to coronary …

Left ventricular function is one of the most important determinates of long-term prognosis in
patients with coronary artery disease. In recent years, it has become apparent that left …

OBJECTIVES.: This study sought to establish the prognostic implications of ischemic and
viable myocardium identified by dobutamine echocardiography in patients with left …

The noninvasive assessment of myocardial viability has proved clinically useful for
distinguishing hibernating and/or stunned myocardium from irreversibly injured myocardium …

Dobutamine echocardiography (5 and 10 μg/kg/min) was performed in 40 patients 4±1 days
after acute myocardial infarction reperfused by primary coronary angioplasty. The left …