Usefulness of positron emission tomography in defining myocardial viability in patients referred for cardiac transplantation.
Positron emission tomography imaging detected evidence of viability in 17 of 33 patients with evidence of infarction only on their thallium scans who were referred for transplant evaluation. Eleven of these 17 underwent revascularization with excellent outcome.
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Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. ooa2@columbia.edu
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D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery