Because of the aging of the population, cardiovascular disease is still a major cause of
death in developed countries and a major cause of morbidity and decreased quality of life …

The purpose of this study was to compare the prognostic value of left ventricular ejection
fraction (LVEF) and myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) assessed with PET in patients with …

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using singlephoton emission computed tomography
(SPECT) has long been the most common non-invasive test for management of patients with …

Purpose Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after myocardial infarction is considered to
be determined by the size of the infarction and residual function of the spared myocardium …

METhODS Subjects Fifty-sixnormal subjects (21 women, 35 men; mean age 50 ±20 yr,
range 21— 86yr) were studied. All subjectswere at lowrisk for coronary artery disease …

Measurement of myocardial blood flow (MBF) in absolute units (mL4min-14g-1 of
myocardial tissue) using positron emission tomography (PET) can improve risk assessment …

The introduction of ECG gating to myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging (MPI) more than 20
years ago provided the opportunity for the combined assessment of myocardial perfusion …

Each year in the United States, more than 500,000 patients undergo coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Although these …

Patients in whom the left ventricular dysfunction is the result of hibernating or stunned
myocardium, that is, in whom the myocardium is viable, appear to have a worse prognosis …

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Copyright © 2003 Via Medica ISSN 1506–9680 www.nmr.viamedica.pl Lectures Role of …