TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of myocardial viability with two-dimensional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging
AU - Lindner, Jonathan R.
AU - Kaul, Sanjiv
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by a grant (R01-HIA8890) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and an Established Investigator award from the National Center of the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas (Dr. Kaul). Dr. Lindner is the recipient of a fellow-ship training grant from the Virginia affiliate of the American Heart Association, Glen Allen, Va.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - In a patient with coronary artery disease, clinical, electrocardiographic, and angiographic information is often inadequate for determining the presence of viable tissue. The presence of wall thickening, even if reduced, indicates that the myocardium is viable. When wall thickening is absent, the myocardium may or may not be viable. The basis for the underlying myocardial dysfunction may be multifactorial in a single patient or even in a single myocardial segment. Cardiac imaging techniques are most useful in defining the mechanisms of underlying myocardial dysfunction and assist in selecting the optimal management strategy for patients. This review discusses the role of two-dimensional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability.
AB - In a patient with coronary artery disease, clinical, electrocardiographic, and angiographic information is often inadequate for determining the presence of viable tissue. The presence of wall thickening, even if reduced, indicates that the myocardium is viable. When wall thickening is absent, the myocardium may or may not be viable. The basis for the underlying myocardial dysfunction may be multifactorial in a single patient or even in a single myocardial segment. Cardiac imaging techniques are most useful in defining the mechanisms of underlying myocardial dysfunction and assist in selecting the optimal management strategy for patients. This review discusses the role of two-dimensional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability.
KW - Infarct size
KW - Microvascular integrity
KW - Myocardial viability
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U2 - 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90009-4
DO - 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90009-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8799242
AN - SCOPUS:0029983039
SN - 1071-3581
VL - 3
SP - 167
EP - 182
JO - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
JF - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
IS - 2
ER -