Assessing Myocardial Viability in Clinical Practice

Although assessing myocardial viability is a common cardiology practice, many physicians question the results of diagnostic methods. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in studies, but reports require interpretation clinical and pathophysiological context. this article was aimed at reviewing origin evolution viability. Here we present methods by emphasizing nuclear provide functional explanation each test type using example images. We also propose how to act these cases based on clinic examination findings, percentage affected myocardium, coronary lesion topography (proximal or distal).