Normal myocardial perfusion scan portends a benign prognosis independent from the pretest probability of coronary artery disease. Sub-analysis of the J-ACCESS study

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-100

  Imamura, Yosihiro ^a   Fukuyama, Takaya ^b   Nishimura, Sigeyuki ^c   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^d  

^a ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shin Koga Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Prognosis; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67650753580     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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