Low-dose dobutamine electrocardiograph-gated myocardial SPECT for identifying viable myocardium: comparison with dobutamine stress echocardiography and …

K Yoshinaga, K Morita, S Yamada… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2001 - Soc Nuclear Med
The identification of severely dysfunctional but viable myocardium is of particular importance
for the selection of patients with depressed left ventricular function who will benefit from …

Low-dose dobutamine stress gated SPET for identification of viable myocardium: comparison with stress-rest perfusion SPET and PET

K Yoshinaga, C Katoh, K Noriyasu, S Yamada… - European journal of …, 2002 - Springer
The detection of viable myocardium is important for the prediction of functional recovery after
revascularisation. However, a fixed perfusion defect often includes viable myocardium, and …

Low-dose dobutamine nitrate-enhanced technetium 99m sestamibi gated SPECT versus low-dose dobutamine echocardiography for detecting reversible dysfunction …

M Leoncini, R Sciagrà, F Bellandi, M Maioli… - Journal of nuclear …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. The simultaneous assessment of perfusion and function with the use of
technetium 99m sestamibi gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is …

Serial assessment of left ventricular function during dobutamine stress by means of electrocardiographygated myocardial SPECT: Combination with dual-isotope …

S Kumita, K Cho, H Nakajo, M Toba, T Kijima… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2001 - Springer
Background Technetium-labeled myocardial perfusion tracers allow simultaneous
assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by electrocardiography …

Value of low-dose dobutamine addition to routine dual isotope gated SPECT myocardial imaging in patients with healed myocardial infarction or abnormal wall …

SI Heiba, HM Abdel-Dayem, R Gould… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
There is overlap in myocardial viability detection by thallium-201 uptake and contractile
reserve (CR) using low-dose dobutamine (LDD). The dual isotope protocol was modified in …

Comparison of dobutamine echocardiography, dobutamine sestamibi, and rest-redistribution thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography for …

AM Amanullah, FA Chaudhry, J Heo, K Galatro… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Both dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy are
used to assess myocardial viability. Few studies have compared the data on myocardial …

Dobutamine stress electrocardiography-gated Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT for detection of viable but dysfunctional myocardium

H Yamagishi, K Akioka, K Hirata, Y Sakanoue… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background. Technetium-99m-labeled myocardial perfusion tracers allow simultaneous
assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by electrocardiography …

Comparison of baseline and low-dose dobutamine technetium-99m sestamibi scintigraphy with low-dose dobutamine echocardiography for predicting functional …

M Leoncini, G Marcucci, R Sciagrà… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Injection of sestamibi during low-dose dobutamine (LDD) infusion might improve tracer
ability to detect viable myocardium. This study investigated the potential value of LDD …

Prognostic value of combined assessment of regional left ventricular function and myocardial perfusion by dobutamine and rest gated SPECT in patients with …

L Spinelli, M Petretta, W Acampa, W He… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
Gated SPECT allows combined assessment of regional myocardial perfusion and left
ventricular function. The aim of this study was to address the prognostic value of gated …

Dobutamine stress echocardiography and technetium-99m-tetrofosmin/fluorine 18-fluorodeoxyglucose single-photon emission computed tomography and influence of …

R Rambaldi, D Poldermans, JJ Bax, E Boersma… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to compare 2 different techniques—dobutamine-atropine
stress echocardiography (DSE) and dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition (technetium-99 …