Radionuclide Imaging of Viable Myocardium: Is it Underutilized?
Population
Patients with ischemic heart failure requiring myocardial viability assessment
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Viability assessment with SPECT/PET may inform revascularization decisions in ischemic HF; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with ischemic heart failure requiring myocardial viability assessment
I
Intervention
Radionuclide imaging modalities (201Tl SPECT, 99mTc-based SPECT, and 18F-FDG-PET)
Radionuclide imaging modalities, including SPECT and PET, play a crucial role in assessing myocardial viability to guide revascularization decisions in patients with ischemic heart failure.
Cite This Study
Mylonas et al. (2011) studied this question.