title: Modalities to assess myocardial viability in the modern cardiology era.
abstract: Detection of viable myocardium in patients with left ventricular dysfunction has become an increasingly important guide to prognosis and treatment. This article reviews the current status and future potential for the application of modalities to assess myocardial viability. Imaging and other techniques that are reviewed are myocardial perfusion imaging by single-photon-emission computed tomography, positron-emission tomography, echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance technology, computed tomography and catheter-based endocardial mapping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamdan
authors.forename: Nili
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zafrir
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagie
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kornowski
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011379:Prognosis; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds