Current diagnostic techniques of assessing myocardial viability in patients with hibernating and stunned myocardium.

V Dilsizian, RO Bonow - Circulation, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
T he differentiation of viable from nonviable myo-cardium in patients with coronary artery dis-
ease and left ventriculardysfunction is an issue of increasing clinical relevance in the current …

Imaging techniques for the assessment of myocardial hibernation: report of a study group of the European Society of Cardiology

SR Underwood, JJ Bax, J Dahl, MY Henein… - European heart …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
This report of an ESC Study Group reviews current knowledge on myocardial hibernation
and relevant imaging techniques, and provides an algorithm for investigation and …

Accuracy of currently available techniques for prediction of functional recovery after revascularization in patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to chronic …

JJ Bax, W Wijns, JH Cornel, FC Visser… - Journal of the American …, 1997 - jacc.org
Objectives. This study evaluated the relative merits of the most frequently used techniques
for predicting improvement in regional contractile function after coronary revascularization in …

[HTML][HTML] Separate acquisition rest thallium-201/stress technetium-99m sestamibi dual-isotope myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography: a …

DS Berman, H Kiat, JD Friedman, FP Wang… - Journal of the American …, 1993 - Elsevier
Objectives. This study assessed the validity of a novel approach to myocardial perfusion
scintigraphy that provides the opportunity to avoid the drawbacks of standard same-day …

JCS 2018 guideline on diagnosis of chronic coronary heart diseases

M Yamagishi, N Tamaki, T Akasaka, T Ikeda… - Circulation …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published …

Quantitative relation between myocardial viability and improvement in heart failure symptoms after revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

MF Di Carli, F Asgarzadie, HR Schelbert, RC Brunken… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Studies of patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction
have shown that preoperative quantification of myocardial viability may be clinically useful to …

Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive accuracies of various noninvasive techniques for detecting hibernating myocardium

JJ Bax, D Poldermans, A Elhendy, E Boersma… - Current Problems in …, 2001 - Elsevier
Methods A MEDLINE search (1980 through January 2000) was performed using the search
term “myocardial viability” in combination with a set of terms for the techniques:“Thallium …

[HTML][HTML] Echocardiography during infusion of dobutamine for identification of reversible dyfunction in patients with chronic coronary artery disease

G La Canna, O Alfieri, R Giubbini, M Gargano… - Journal of the American …, 1994 - Elsevier
Objectives. The aim of this study was to test whether the contractile response of akinetic
myocardium to low dose dobutamine is useful for detecting myocardial viability in patients …

Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Patients With Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: Rest–4-Hour–24-Hour 201Tl Tomography Versus Dobutamine …

P Perrone-Filardi, L Pace, M Prastaro, F Squame… - Circulation, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
Background To date, late redistribution after resting 201Tl injection has not been evaluated.
In addition, the concordance between resting 201Tl imaging and dobutamine …

The hibernating myocardium: implications for management of congestive heart failure

RO Bonow - The American journal of cardiology, 1995 - Elsevier
Left ventricular (LV) function is one of the most important determinants of long-term outcome
in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients with normal or near-normal LV …