Comparison of fluorine-18-FDG with rest-redistribution thallium-201 SPECT to delineate viable myocardium and predict functional recovery after revascularization

J Nucl Med. 1998 Sep;39(9):1481-6.

Authors

J J Bax¹, J H Cornel, F C Visser, P M Fioretti, A van Lingen, J M Huitink, A Elhendy, D Poldermans, J R Roelandt, C A Visser

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.

PMID: 9744328

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Coronary Artery Bypass
Echocardiography
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Heart / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Stunning / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Stunning / therapy
Predictive Value of Tests
ROC Curve
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thallium Radioisotopes*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Thallium Radioisotopes
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18