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Stress echocardiography: basics and noninvasive assessment of myocardial viability.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15546286     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Myocardial viability within the infarct zone is an important determinant for left ventricular (LV) function recovery after interventional coronary revascularization. Echocardiographic techniques are highly valuable in identifying hibernation, especially in conjunction with dobutamine titration. Low doses may detect the inotropic reserve by significant enhancement of segmental wall motion abnormalities while high doses may surpass the ischemic threshold and wall motion deteriorates (biphasic response). According to the Task Forces on Clinical Application of Echocardiography by the American Heart Association (AHA) in cooperation with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), dobutamine echocardiography (DE) is officially recommended for the purpose of clinical decision making in respect of revascularization therapies (whether during the subacute infarct period or especially in chronic LV dysfunction due to coronary artery disease (CAD)). New methods such as strain rate imaging implemented in DE are on the way to give us quantitative measures of the amount of viability.
Authors:
Uwe Nixdorff
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of interventional cardiology     Volume:  17     ISSN:  0896-4327     ISO Abbreviation:  J Interv Cardiol     Publication Date:  2004 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-11-19     Completed Date:  2004-12-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8907826     Medline TA:  J Interv Cardiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  349-55     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuernberg, Second Medical Clinic, Erlangen, Germany. uwe.nixdorff@rzmail.uni-erlangen.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cell Survival
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods
Echocardiography, Stress
Humans
Myocardial Contraction
Myocardial Revascularization
Myocardial Stunning / ultrasonography
Myocardium / cytology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / ultrasonography*

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