The effects of medications on myocardial perfusion

GJ Zoghbi, TA Dorfman, AE Iskandrian - Journal of the American College of …, 2008 - jacc.org
Antianginal and lipid-lowering medications may modify the results of stress myocardial
perfusion imaging. Several studies have shown the beneficial potential of these agents in …

Tc-99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography for guiding percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with multivessel disease: a comparison …

S Förster, J Rieber, C Übleis, M Weiss… - The international journal …, 2010 - Springer
To evaluate the accuracy of myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPI) in the detection and
allocation of vessel specific perfusion defects (PD) using standard distribution territories in a …

Residual viability is a predictor of the perfusion enhancement obtained with the cell therapy of chronic myocardial infarction: a pilot multimodal imaging study

P Maureira, N Tran, W Djaballah, M Angioï… - Clinical nuclear …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Up to now, there has been limited investigation into cell therapy in the chronic
phase of severe myocardial infarction (MI), and many questions remain concerning the …

Initial infarct size predicts subsequent cardiac remodeling in the rat infarct model: an in vivo serial pinhole gated SPECT study

F Maskali, PR Franken, S Poussier, N Tran… - Journal of nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
The rat infarct model is widely used to study left ventricular (LV) remodeling, a main cause of
heart failure characterized by progressive LV dilatation. Using pinhole collimators and …

Nitrate-enhanced gated SPECT in patients with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: evidence of a reversible and nitrate-sensitive impairment of …

W Djaballah, MA Muller, M Angioï, F Moulin… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Purpose Reperfusion of myocardial infarction (MI) leads to a reversible dysfunction of
coronary vessels. We hypothesised that vasodilating drugs such as nitrates might improve …

Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy

JJ Bax - Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2005 - Elsevier
The number of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy has increased extensively over recent
years. Therapies include medical treatment, cardiac transplantation, cardiac …

Scintigraphic demonstration of myocardial perfusion and ischaemia associated with coronary artery bypass grafting

ACK Larstorp, C Lund Søraas… - Scandinavian …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. To assess if myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) at rest can be of value in
elucidating myocardial perfusion, ischaemia and perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) …

Clinical value of assessment of perfusion and function for the evaluation of myocardial viability in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction

JJ Bax, D Poldermans - Clinical Gated Cardiac SPECT, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Heart failure has become one of the largest clinical problems in cardiology. Over the last
years, the number of patients presenting with heart failure has increased exponentially and …

[BOOK][B] Oncologic and cardiologic PET/CT-diagnosis: an interdisciplinary atlas and manual

W Mohnike, G Hör, HR Schelbert - 2008 - Springer
5 Gynaecology Page 1 205 CONTENTS 5.1 Introduction 206 The Importance of Nuclear Medical
Methods 206 5.2 Breast Cancers 206 Mammography 207 Tumour Markers 208 CT and MRI 208 …

Valoración de la viabilidad miocárdica mediante gated-SPECT de perfusión miocárdica

FX Albert-Bertran, J Castell-Conesa - Revista española de cardiología …, 2008 - Elsevier
La valoración de la viabilidad miocárdica es un aspecto importante en el tratamiento de los
pacientes con enfermedad coronaria y disfunción ventricular isquémica. Las técnicas de …