Technique | Number of studies/patients | Viability present | Viability absent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LVEF pre-revascularisation | LVEF post-revascularisation | LVEF pre-revascularisation | LVEF post-revascularisation | ||
DSE, dobutamine stress echocardiography; FDG, F18-fluorodeoxyglucose; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PET, positron emission tomography; Tc-99m, technetium-99m. | |||||
Thallium-201 | 5/96 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 31 |
Tc-99m tracers | 4/75 | 47 | 53 | 40 | 39 |
FDG PET | 12/333 | 37 | 47 | 39 | 40 |
DSE | 8/254 | 35 | 43 | 35 | 36 |