title: Assessment of myocardial viability by nuclear imaging techniques.
abstract: The assessment of myocardial viability has become important in the diagnostic and prognostic work up of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Patients with viable myocardium may benefit from revascularization in terms of improvement of function, symptoms, and prognosis. In contrast, patients without viable myocardium do not benefit and should be treated conservatively. Various nuclear imaging techniques are available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. j.j.bax@lumc.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poldermans
authors.forename: Abdou
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elhendy
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boersma
authors.forename: Ernst E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: van der Wall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D017682:Myocardial Stunning; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013552:Swine; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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