Radio-guided surgery for ventricular remodeling in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: a new tool to discriminate in vivo viable myocardium and scar

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jul;138(1):241-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.06.017.
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MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
  • Cicatrix / diagnostic imaging
  • Cicatrix / etiology
  • Female
  • Gamma Cameras*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Ventricular Function, Left

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals