The additive prognostic value of perfusion and functional data assessed by quantitative gated SPECT in women

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-19

  America, Yves G C J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Boersma, Eric ^b   Stokkel, Marcel ^a   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gated single photon emission computed tomography; Prognosis; Women

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67649994718     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9012-6     Document Type: Article

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