title: Hibernating myocardium: diagnosis and patient outcomes.
abstract: Approximately 50% of the patients with chronic obstructive coronary artery disease resulting in chronic contractile dysfunction have hibernating myocardium and may benefit from revascularization. This pooled analysis describes the relative merits of dobutamine echocardiography, thallium-201 and technetium-99m scintigraphy, positron emission tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, for the diagnosis of hibernating myocardium and prediction of patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arend F L
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Schinkel
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: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Shahbudin H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Rahimtoola
mesh_terms: D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome