Delayed heart rate recovery after adenosine stress testing with supplemental arm exercise predicts mortality

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Akutsu, Yasushi ^a,b   Gregory, Shawn A ^a   Kardan, Arash ^a   Zervos, Gerasimos D ^a   Thomas, Gregory S ^c   Gewirtz, Henry ^a   Yasuda, Tsunehiro ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Heart rate recovery; Mortality; Sestamibi; Technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ARM; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSINE; AGED; ARM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; UNITED STATES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 67649985291     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9014-4     Document Type: Article

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