Identification of hibernating myocardium with quantitative intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography: comparison with dobutamine echocardiography and thallium-201 scintigraphy.

Shimoni, Sarah; Frangogiannis, Nikolaos G; Aggeli, Constadina J; Shan, Kesavan; Verani, Mario S; Quinones, Miguel A; Espada, Rafael; Letsou, George V; Lawrie, Gerald M; Winters, William L; Reardon, Michael J; Zoghbi, William A

Shimoni, Sarah; Frangogiannis, Nikolaos G; Aggeli, Constadina J; Shan, Kesavan; Verani, Mario S; Quinones, Miguel A; Espada, Rafael; Letsou, George V; Lawrie, Gerald M; Winters, William L; Reardon, Michael J; Zoghbi, William A.

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Shimoni S; Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, Tex 77030, USA.

Circulation ; 107(4): 538-44, 2003 Feb 04.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12566363

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Contrast Media/administration & dosage; Dobutamine; Echocardiography; Myocardial Stunning/diagnosis; Thallium Radioisotopes; Aged; Blood Flow Velocity; Coronary Artery Disease/complications; Coronary Artery Disease/diagnosis; Coronary Artery Disease/surgery; Coronary Circulation; Female; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardial Stunning/diagnostic imaging; Observer Variation; Predictive Value of Tests; ROC Curve; Radionuclide Imaging; Recovery of Function; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ventricular Dysfunction/diagnosis; Ventricular Dysfunction/etiology

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Thallium Radioisotopes / Echocardiography / Myocardial Stunning / Contrast Media / Dobutamine Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2003 Type: Article

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