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Effect of myocardial viability assessed by technetium-99m-sestamibi SPECT and fluorine-18-FDG PET on clinical outcome in coronary artery disease.

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1997

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Jürgen vom Dahl, Carsten Altehoefer, Florence H. Sheehan, Petra Buechin, G. Schulz, Ernst R. Schwarz, K C Koch, R. Uebis, B. J. Messmer, U. Buell,
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Abstract

Nuclear imaging using 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT and [18F]FDG PET allows diagnosis of viability in regions with reduced perfusion and function with prognostic implications for functional outcome as well as for identification of patients who benefit most from revascularization.