Noninvasive characterization of stunned, hibernating, remodeled and nonviable myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy

J Narula, MS Dawson, BK Singh, A Amanullah… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES We evaluated a novel protocol of dual-isotope, gated single-photon emission
computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging combined with low and high dose dobutamine as …

Prognostic implications of Tc-99m sestamibi viability imaging and subsequent therapeutic strategy in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular …

R Sciagrà, M Pellegri, A Pupi, L Bolognese… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to verify the prognostic implications of viability
detection using baseline-nitrate sestamibi imaging in patients with left ventricular (LV) …

Use of myocardial perfusion imaging to assess viability

MI Travin - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2000 - Springer
Patients in whom the left ventricular dysfunction is the result of hibernating or stunned
myocardium, that is, in whom the myocardium is viable, appear to have a worse prognosis …

Viability assessment: clinical applications

AE Iskandrian - Myocardial Viability, 2000 - Springer
Myocardial viability assessment is indicated in patients with severe coronary artery disease
(CAD) and severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (Table 1)[1-10]. In many other patients …

Radionuclide imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability in chronic LV dysfunction

F Al‐Khouri, J Narula - Echocardiography, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical decision making for the selection of patients with coronary artery disease and
depressed left ventricular (LV) function for coronary revascularization is very critical but at …

Assessment of myocardial viability by thallium-201

JJ Bax, JLJ Vanoverschelde, EE Van Der Wall - Myocardial Viability, 2000 - Springer
Over the past 20 years it has become evident that left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients
with chronic coronary artery disease is not necessarily an irreversible process, but that …

Ventricular late potentials are associated with the presence of viable myocardium after anterior myocardial infarction

D Tarricone, A Verzoni, C Di Leo… - Annals of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between myocardial
viability (MV) detected by Tl‐201 rest/redistribution protocol (RR‐SPECT) and the presence …