DOBUTAMINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND RESTING-REDISTRIBUTION TL-201 SCINTIGRAPHY PREDICTS RECOVERY OF HIBERNATING MYOCARDIUM AFTER CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION

Authors
CHARNEY R SCHWINGER ME CHUN J COHEN MV NANNA M MENEGUS MA WEXLER J FRANCO HS GREENBERG MA
Citation
R. Charney et al., DOBUTAMINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND RESTING-REDISTRIBUTION TL-201 SCINTIGRAPHY PREDICTS RECOVERY OF HIBERNATING MYOCARDIUM AFTER CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION, The American heart journal, 128(5), 1994, pp. 864-869
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American heart journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028703
Volume
128
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
864 - 869
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8703(1994)128:5<864:DEARTS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The value of dobutamine echocardiography and resting thallium-201 scin tigraphy to predict reversal of regional left ventricular wall motion dysfunction after revascularization in patients with chronic coronary artery disease was assessed. Improvement in wall motion during dobutam ine echocardiography and normal or mildly decreased uptake on thallium -201 scanning are strong predictors of reversible left ventricular dys function. Dobutamine echocardiography end resting thallium-201 scannin g are simple and safe methods of assessing hibernating myocardium.