The dilemma of ischemic heart failure; how FDG-PET can guide therapy and improve outcomes? Case report

Patients with ischemic LV dysfunction are at increasing risk of adverse cardiac events including sudden cardiac death. Proper revascularization of viable ischemic myocardium (compared to medical treatment alone) is associated with improvement of LV systolic function, less cardiac morbidities & m...

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Main Authors: Mohamed A. Mandour Ali, Sallam Lotfy, Ibrahem M. Koura, Mahmoud Derbala, Adel H. Allam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2013-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260812001421