Significant improvement of cardiac sympathetic function following cardiac support device implantation: illustration by 123I-MIBG scintigraphy | Zendy

Nathalie Valli | Zendy; Louis Labrousse | Zendy; Patricia Réant | Zendy; Pierre Dos Santos | Zendy

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Significant improvement of cardiac sympathetic function following cardiac support device implantation: illustration by 123I-MIBG scintigraphy

Author(s) -

Nathalie Valli,

Louis Labrousse,

Patricia Réant,

Pierre Dos Santos

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.08.025

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac function curve , scintigraphy , cardiology , heart failure , refractory (planetary science) , physics , astrobiology

Cardiac support device implantation is a new and promising therapy for refractory heart failure. If functional and echocardiographic modifications have largely been reported following this procedure, there is a paucity of information in the clinical setting about cellular abnormalities modifications during the 'reverse remodeling' process. We report for the first time a clinical measurement of cardiac sympathetic function using 123I-MIBG scintigraphy following cardiac support device implantation.

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