Applications for Characterizing Myocardial Blood Flow and Viability
Treatment of coronary artery disease. To identify changes in blood flow following angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting or pharmacological interventions (for example, cholesterol lowering drug).
Myocardial viability. To assess potential reversibility of an impairment in cardiac wall motion or left ventricular function for revascularization in chronic coronary artery disease.