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01-02-2019 | Editorial

Making the invisible visible: Phase dyssynchrony has potential as a new prognostic marker

Authors: Kenichi Nakajima, MD, PhD, Koichi Okuda, PhD, Shinro Matsuo, MD, PhD, Piotr Slomka, PhD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 1/2019

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Quantitative nuclear imaging analysis can enhance confidence in what is visible in the images. For example, defect scoring in myocardial perfusion studies can confirm the extent and severity of perfusion abnormalities, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) can confirm the severity of cardiac contractility so that the viewpoint is universally standardized. In contrast, phase dyssynchrony analysis renders what is invisible to the naked eye visible and thus provides a viewpoint that conventional functional parameters cannot produce. Although the methodology could be very attractive, phase dyssynchrony findings derived from patients with heart disease need to be appropriately understood. …

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Title: Making the invisible visible: Phase dyssynchrony has potential as a new prognostic marker
Authors: Kenichi Nakajima, MD, PhD
Koichi Okuda, PhD
Shinro Matsuo, MD, PhD
Piotr Slomka, PhD
Publication date: 01-02-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-0929-5

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