Impact of endothelial dysfunction on left ventricular remodeling after successful primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction —Analysis by quantitative ECG-gated SPECT—

Influence of infarct-zone viability dete

Influence of infarct-zone viability detected by rest Tc-99m sestamibi gated SPECT on left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction treated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the acute phase

✍ Janusz Lipiecki; Florent Cachin; Nicolas Durel; Olivier de Tauriac; Jean Ponsonn 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 458 KB

## Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the value of technetium 99m sestamibi gated single photon emission computed tomography (spect) in predicting the evolution of left ventricular volumes in patients treated successfully in the acute phase of a myocardial infarction (mi). ## Meth