American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 9 , Pages 1184-1188 , 1 November 2009

Comparison Between Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography and 99mTechnetium Sestamibi Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Determined Myocardial Viability in Predicting Hard Cardiac Events Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

Received 13 April 2009 ,Revised 14 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 June 2009.

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 This study was funded by a grant from the Cardiac Research Fund, Northwick Park Institute of Medical Research, Harrow, United Kingdom.

PII: S0002-9149(09)01252-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.026

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 9 , Pages 1184-1188 , 1 November 2009

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