Heart Disease Therapy
General Hospital, Department of Cardiology details research in heart disease therapy
Published in Gastroenterology Week, October 30th, 2006
Researchers detail in "Comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography with SPECT in the evaluation of coronary artery disease in asymptomatic patients with LBBB," new data in heart disease. "The non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) is troublesome. In this study, we investigated the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) with adenosine to detect CAD in asymptomatic patients with LBBB, and we compared it with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with adenosine," scientists in Greece report.
"Forty-seven patients with LBBB, and no previously documented CAD,...
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