Predicting therapeutic benefit from myocardial revascularization procedures: Are measurements of both resting left ventricular ejection fraction and stress-induced myocardial ischemia necessary?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 768-778

  Hachamovitch, Rory ^a   Rozanski, Alan ^b   Hayes, Sean W ^c   Thomson, Louise E J ^c   Germano, Guido ^c,d   Friedman, John D ^c,d   Cohen, Ishac ^c,d   Berman, Daniel S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

myocardial perfusion; outcomes; prognosis; single photon emission computed tomography; Technetium 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845422993     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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