Myocardial perfusion imaging for preoperative risk stratification

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 750-760

  Weinstein, Howard ^a   Steingart, Richard ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarct; Ischemia; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Preoperative risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CALCIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RUBIDIUM 82; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM; TROPONIN;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX SURGERY; TREND STUDY;

HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79955825500     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.076158     Document Type: Review

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