title: Delayed recovery of hibernating myocardium after surgical revascularization: implications for discrepancy between metabolic imaging and dobutamine echocardiography for assessment of myocardial viability.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poldermans
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Visser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elhendy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boersma
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cornel
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fiorettri
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Visser
mesh_terms: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004280:Dobutamine; D004452:Echocardiography; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D020127:Recovery of Function; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014022:Tissue Survival; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D004280:Dobutamine; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi