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[Myocardial viability. Stunned and hibernating myocardium. Usefulness of myocardial scintigraphy]. 2001

D Bialostozky

Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, 14080 México, D.F.

The diagnosis of viability in the presence of heart failure in coronary artery disease has acquired great importance due to its excellent therapeutic results. Due to its frequency it has become a public health problem. The characteristics of stunned and hibernating myocardium and the protocols to study perfusion, contractile reserve and metabolic activity are described, with emphasis in the Thallium and Tc99m-sestamibi studies.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011877	Radionuclide Imaging	The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph.	Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D002985	Clinical Protocols	Precise and detailed plans for the study of a medical or biomedical problem and/or plans for a regimen of therapy.	Protocols, Clinical,Research Protocols, Clinical,Treatment Protocols,Clinical Protocol,Clinical Research Protocol,Clinical Research Protocols,Protocol, Clinical,Protocol, Clinical Research,Protocols, Clinical Research,Protocols, Treatment,Research Protocol, Clinical,Treatment Protocol
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017682	Myocardial Stunning	Prolonged dysfunction of the myocardium after a brief episode of severe ischemia, with gradual return of contractile activity.	Hibernation, Myocardial,Myocardial Hibernation,Stunned Myocardium,Myocardium, Stunned,Stunning, Myocardial