Abstract
Historically, cardiac catheterization was instrumental in disclosing the fact that chronic contractile dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease could be reversible following revascularization. Although the technique does not readily permit the study of regional myocardial blood flow or metabolism, prediction of potential recovery of function was shown to be possible prior to revascularization by studying the contraction response of dysfunctioning areas to inotropic stimulation. This approach can be considered as the forerunner of stress echocardiography. At present times, cardiac catheterization still plays a pivotal role in the clinical workup of patients with ventricular dysfunction in order to confirm the etiology, establish the prognosis,and explore the potential modes of treatment.
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Wijns, W. (2000). Detection of myocardial viability by angiographic methods. In: Iskandrian, A.E., Van Der Wall, E.E. (eds) Myocardial Viability. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 226. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4080-5_8
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