Assessment of CABG-related risk in patients with CAD and LVD. Contribution of PET with [18F]FDG to the assessment of myocardial viability.

Claudio Landoni, Giovanni Lucignani, G Paolini, M. Zuccari, Laura Galli, G. Di Credico, Claudio Rossetti, Stefano Pelenghi, Maria Carla Gilardi, Ferruccio Fazio,

PubMed · 1999 · 18 citations · 0 references

Abstract

[18F]FDG-PET prior to CABG can be crucial for the assessment of perioperative risk in patients with CAD.