Altered cardiac innervation predisposes to ventricular arrhythmia: targeted positron emission tomography identifies risk in ischemic cardiomyopathy

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¹ Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: bengel.frank@mh-hannover.de.
² Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

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Frank M Bengel et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 Jan 21;63(2):150-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1629. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

¹ Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: bengel.frank@mh-hannover.de.
² Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

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Keywords: (11)C-meta-hydroxyephedrine; myocardial viability; positron emission tomography; sudden cardiac arrest; sympathetic denervation.

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Regional myocardial sympathetic denervation predicts the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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