Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with known or suspected stable angina pectoris: Evaluation in a setting in which myocardial perfusion imaging did not influence the choice of treatment

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 288-295

  Johansen, Allan ^a   Høilund Carlsen, Poul F ^a   Vach, Werner ^b   Christensen, Henrik W ^c   Møldrup, Mette ^a   Haghfelt, Torben ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angina; Observational study; Perfusion; Prognosis; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LONG ACTING DRUG; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747729447     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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