Coronary flow reserve during coronary angioplasty in patients with a recent myocardial infarction: relation to stenosis and myocardial viability

MJ Claeys, CJ Vrints, J Bosmans, B Krug… - Journal of the American …, 1996 - jacc.org
Objectives: In the present study, we examined post-stenotic coronary flow before and after
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with and without a …

Reversible left ventricular dysfunction

FA Chaudhry, B Singh, AK Galatro - Echocardiography, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The extent and degree of myocardial viability are important parameters in the risk
stratification of patients with significant left ventricular dysfunction secondary to coronary …

Long-term clinical outcomes after rescue angioplasty are not different from those of successful thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction

PG Steg, L Francois, B Iung, D Himbert… - European heart …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Aims The long-term value of rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who received thrombolytic …

Comparison of baseline and low-dose dobutamine technetium-99m sestamibi scintigraphy with low-dose dobutamine echocardiography for predicting functional …

M Leoncini, G Marcucci, R Sciagrà… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Injection of sestamibi during low-dose dobutamine (LDD) infusion might improve tracer
ability to detect viable myocardium. This study investigated the potential value of LDD …

Comparative study of dobutamine stress echocardiography and dual single-photon emission computed tomography (thallium-201 and I-123 BMIPP) for assessing …

N Yasugi, S Koyanagi, K Ohzono, K Sakai… - Circulation …, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Discordance between the 123I-labelled 15-iodophenyl-3-R, S-methyl pentadecanoic acid
(BMIPP) and 201Tl findings may indicate myocardial viability (MV). This study compared …

Echocardiographic assessment of viable myocardium

BK Singh, FA Chaudhry - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

Hybrid Cardiac Viability Assessment

K Fukushima, M Nagao - Hybrid Cardiac Imaging for Clinical Decision …, 2022 - Springer
The prevalence of Ischaemic heart failure has significantly increased throughout the world.
Left ventricular dysfunction or congestive heart failure are frequent complications associated …

Electrocardiographic prediction of the severity of posterior wall perfusion defects on rest technetium-99m Sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging

R Petrovici, L Emmett, DS Lee, M Husain… - Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
To identify electrocardiogram (ECG) variables predicting the severity of previous posterior
wall myocardial infarction as measured by technetium-99m-Sestamibi rest single-photon …

Selective intracoronary injection of sestamibi to detect myocardial viability: Prediction of perfusion and contractile recovery after percutaneous transluminal coronary …

C Trani, A Giordano, A Lombardo, A Lupi… - Journal of nuclear …, 2003 - Springer
Background The main limitation of myocardial single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) in detecting hibernating myocardium is the poor delivery of …

Adenosine technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission tomography for the assessment of jeopardized myocardium early after acute myocardial infarction …

MJ Claeys, PP Blockx, FE Rademakers… - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
This study investigated the value of technetium-99m sestarnibi scintigraphy in identifying
patients at risk for post-infarct ischaemia (= jeopardized myocardium), especially within the …