Delayed recovery of hibernating myocardium after surgical revascularization: implications for discrepancy between metabolic imaging and dobutamine echocardiography for assessment of myocardial viability.
Bax
J J
JJ
University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
Poldermans
D
D
Visser
F C
FC
Elhendy
A
A
Boersma
E
E
Cornel
J H
JH
Fiorettri
P M
PM
Visser
C A
CA
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
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D004280:Dobutamine; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi