Does cardiac sympathetic dysfunction correlate with abnormal myocardial contractile reserve in dilated cardiomyopathy patients?
Abnormal myocardial 123I-MIBG accumulation is related to an impaired myocardial contractile reserve and down-regulation of SERCA2 mRNA in DCM. Myocardial 123I-MIBG scintigraphy can be useful in noninvasively evaluating myocardial contractile reserve in patients with mild to moderate DCM.
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