title: Comparable uptake of thallium-201 and technetium-99m MIBI in hibernating and "maimed" myocardium.
abstract: Thallium-201 and technetium-99m-MIBI uptake are comparable in "maimed" (i.e., partially viable) and hibernating myocardium. The appreciation of myocardial viability should be based not only on the presence of a regional contractility improvement, but also on the evaluation of the initial level of contractility and of tracer uptake in the concerned area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipiecki
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Maublant
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Citron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mestas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jousse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albuisson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veyre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ponsonnaille
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi