Quantitative gated single-photon emission computed tomography with 99mTc sestamibi predicts major cardiac events in elderly patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease: The QGS-prognostic value in the elderly (Q-PROVE) study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1029-1034

  Nagao, Tadashi ^a   Chikamori, Taishiro ^a   Hida, Satoshi ^a   Igarashi, Yuko ^a   Kuwabara, Yoichi ^b   Nishimura, Shigeyuki ^c   Yamazaki, Junichi ^d   Yamashina, Akira ^a   Takazawa, Kenji ^a   Okubo, Shinji ^a   Abe, Masahiro ^a   Moroi, Masao ^e   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^f   Hirai, Akio ^g   Ashiya, Hiroaki ^h   Okahe, Masaaki ⁱ   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^j   Harafuji, Katsufumi ^j   Hatano, Tsuguhisa ^j   Yanagisawa, Hidefumi ^j   Morishima, Takayuki ^j   Usui, Yasuhiro ^j   more..

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Kosei Chuo General Hospital   (Japan)

^h Toda Chuo Genaral Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ Tachikawa General Hopital   (Japan)

^j School of Medicine ^*

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Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Elderly; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Prognosis; Quantitative gated single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34347226671     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1029     Document Type: Article

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