After myocardial infarction, lack of microvascular perfusion is associated with poor outcome, even in patients with an open infarct-related artery. Researchers in Spain analyzed myocardial perfusion ...

Schuijf et al performed both MSCT (using either a 16- or 64-slice scanner) and MPI using gated single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) in 114 patients, most of whom had an intermediate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who underwent a stress myocardial perfusion PET scan, increasing magnitude of stress myocardial ...

Background. Transient arrhythmias can affect transient ischemic dilation (TID) ratios. This study was initiated to evaluate the frequency and effect of normal heart rate change on TID measures in ...

Age is a strong independent predictor of abnormal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and inducible myocardial ischemia. The value of age in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using coronary CTA for comprehensive anatomic interpretation was superior to functional imaging to determine ...

Myocardial perfusion imaging is an emerging technique to help triage patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain and who present with a normal or non-diagnostic electrocardiogram. The ...

Figure 3. Periannular uptake. Representative examples show hybrid, fused PET/MRI in patients with findings suggestive of periannular uptake. (A) Axial view with uptake in basal lateral and basal ...

Although coronary arteriograms of a 48-year-old woman with exertional chest pain typical of angina pectoris and an abnormal exercise electrocardiogram were normal, myocardial hypoxia and anaerobic ...

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Embargoed until 3:15 p.m. PDT, Saturday, June 11, 2022)—Patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are less able to increase blood flow to the heart when ...