Left Ventricular Mechanical Dyssynchrony as Assessed by Phase Analysis of ECG‐Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Chen J, Garcia EV, Lerakis S, Henneman MM, Bax JJ, Trimble MA, Borges‐Neto S, Velazquez EJ, Iskandrian AE. Left Ventricular Mechanical Dyssynchrony as Assessed by Phase Analysis of ECG‐Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Echocardiography 2008, 25: 1186-1194. PMID: 18986406, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00782.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac resynchronization therapyMyocardial perfusion imagingTissue Doppler imagingLV dyssynchronyPerfusion imagingTomography myocardial perfusion imagingSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingElectrocardiography-gated single-photon emissionSevere heart failureVentricular mechanical dyssynchronySingle photon emissionHeart failureMechanical dyssynchronyResynchronization therapyClinical evaluationDyssynchronyLeft ventricleDoppler imagingPatientsRegional wallMechanical contractionPhoton emissionCardiac cycleImportant predictorFourier harmonic functionsMeasuring left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony from ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
Chen J, Garcia EV, Henneman MM, Bax JJ, Boogers MJ, Trimble MA, Borges-Neto S, Velazquez EJ, Iskandrian AE. Measuring left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony from ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging. Minerva Cardioangiologica 2008, 56: 227-35. PMID: 18319701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac resynchronization therapyTissue Doppler imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingLV dyssynchronyECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imagingPerfusion imagingCardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) trialsMyocardial strain-rate imagingTomography myocardial perfusion imagingClinical validationAvailable echocardiographic techniquesSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingSevere heart failureVentricular mechanical dyssynchronyPredictors of responseRoutine clinical practiceStrain rate imagingSingle photon emissionEntire left ventricleHeart failureMechanical dyssynchronyResynchronization therapyEchocardiographic techniquesDyssynchronyClinical practice