Assessment of Myocardial Viability With <sup>99m</sup> Tc-Sestamibi Tomography Before Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery - Concepedia

Concepedia

Publication | Closed Access

Assessment of Myocardial Viability With <sup>99m</sup> Tc-Sestamibi Tomography Before Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery

129

Citations

28

References

1997

Year

Habib A. Dakik, Jimmy F. Howell, Gerald M. Lawrie, Rafael Espada, Donald G. Weilbaecher, Zuo-Xiang He, John J. Mahmarian, Mario S. Verani

Abstract

Myocardial 99mTc-sestamibi activity correlates well with the extent of viable myocardium and predicts improvement in regional function after CABG. This lends support to the use of sestamibi as a myocardial viability agent.

References

	Year	Citations

Page 1