Prognostic value of quantitative stress myocardial perfusion imaging in unstable angina patients with negative cardiac enzymes and no new ischemic ECG changes

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-36

  Dakik, Habib A ^a   Hwang, Wayne S ^b   Jafar, Aman ^b   Kimball, Kay ^b   Verani, Mario S ^b   Mahmarian, John J ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion imaging; Risk stratification; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 12744281213     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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