Title of article
Detection of myocardial contractile reserve by low-dose dobutamine quantitative gated single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with Kawasaki disease and severe coronary artery lesions
Author/Authors
Karasawa، نويسنده , , Kensuke and Miyashita، نويسنده , , Michio and Taniguchi، نويسنده , , Kazuo and Kanamaru، نويسنده , , Hiroshi and Ayusawa، نويسنده , , Mamoru and Noto، نويسنده , , Nobutaka and Sumitomo، نويسنده , , Naokata and Okada، نويسنده , , Tomoo and Harada MD، نويسنده , , Kensuke، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
4
From page
865
To page
868
Abstract
We studied 24 patients with severe coronary artery lesions to assess myocardial perfusion and left ventricular contractile reserve simultaneously using low-dose dobutamine quantitative electrocardiographically gated single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with Kawasaki disease. Low-dose dobutamine infusion was started after an injection of technetium-99m tetrofosmin at rest. Myocardial contractile reserve was evaluated using the post-stress and low-dose dobutamine images, and myocardial perfusion was evaluated using the stress and rest images. Quantitative electrocardiographically gated single-photon emission computed tomography during low-dose dobutamine infusion is a useful and safe method for the combined evaluation of myocardial contractile reserve and myocardial perfusion.
Journal title
American Journal of Cardiology
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
American Journal of Cardiology
Record number
1896482
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