Background Both nuclear imaging with F18-fluorodeoxyglucose and dobutamine stress
echocardiography have been used to identify viable myocardium, although dobutamine …

This study examined the value of wall motion scores at rest and with low-and high-dose
dobutamine infusion for prediction of outcome and benefit from revascularization in patients …

Abstract Background The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of
Nuclear Cardiology appropriateness criteria document assigns single photon emission …

The long-term prognostic importance of hyperkinesia is unknown following an acute
myocardial infarction (AMI). The American Society of Echocardiography recommends that …

Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) has recently been introduced in clinical echocardiography.
Most widely used are tissue velocity maps, in which the velocity of moving tissue is …

We studied the relationship between brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and viable
myocardium and ischemic myocardium, regional scar and regional contractile function. Fifty …

Актуальность. Внезапная кардиальная смерть (ВКС) по-прежнему остается ведущей
причиной летальности у больных, перенесших ИМ. Ввиду скоротечности ВКС …

Intact heart muscles are believed to contract synchronously to produce maximum effective
work at a minimum energy cost. Temporal correlation coefficients between the left ventricular …

In patients with suspected or evolving acute myocardial infarction, echocardiography
facilitates diagnosis and differential diagnosis, detects complications (Chapter 3) and …

This thesis is an insight investigation in some recently developed noninvasive imaging
advances to quantitatively assess left or right ventricular function. The focus is on …