'False-positive' myocardial perfusion imaging: Correlation with cardiovascular risk factors and effect on event-free survival

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 707-713

  Gimelli, Alessia ^a   Marzullo, Paolo ^a   LAbbate, Antonio ^b   Rovai, Daniele ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angina; Cardiovascular risk factors; Myocardial perfusion; Prognosis; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING HABIT; THORAX PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 55249095649     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282f5ffc1     Document Type: Article

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