Published in Medical Imaging Week, July 29th, 2006
Study 1: Myocardial contrast echocardiography was comparable to single photon emission computed tomography for the detection of infarct-related coronary artery stenosis and multivessel disease after thrombolysis.
According to a study from England, "Detection of residual infarct-related artery (IRA) stenosis and multivessel disease (MVD) after thrombolysis has important therapeutic and prognostic implications. Technetium 99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is used for detection of flow-limiting coronary artery disease (CAD). Myocardial...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2006-07-29)
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