Why the study?
Does combined perfusion and metabolic SPECT imaging detect more myocardial viability than perfusion imaging alone in patients with chronic ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction?
Population
104 patients with chronic coronary artery disease and severely depressed left ventricular function…
Comparison
Combined perfusion and metabolic imaging using… vs Perfusion imaging alone
Design
Cohort
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May identify more viable myocardium candidates; hypothesis-generating for revascularization decisions in ischaemic LV dysfunction.
Does combined perfusion and metabolic SPECT imaging detect more myocardial viability than perfusion imaging alone in patients with chronic ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction?
Combined perfusion and metabolic SPECT imaging identifies more patients with significant myocardial viability than perfusion imaging alone in patients with chronic ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction.
Arend F. L. Schinkel (2002) studied this question.
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