VALIDATION OF LOW-DOSE DOBUTAMINE MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING FOR ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY AFTER INFARCTION BY SERIAL IMAGING

Authors
DENDALE P FRANKEN PR HOLMAN E AVENARIUS J VANDERWALL EE DEROOS A
Citation
P. Dendale et al., VALIDATION OF LOW-DOSE DOBUTAMINE MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING FOR ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY AFTER INFARCTION BY SERIAL IMAGING, The American journal of cardiology, 82(3), 1998, pp. 375
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:3<375:VOLDMF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Cine magnetic resonance imaging with low-dose dobutamine stimulation a llows prediction of viability after infarction with an accuracy of 80% . In akinetic segments, however, viability tends to be underestimated.