Relationship of technetium-99m tetrofosmin-gated rest single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging to death and hospitalization in heart failure patients: Results from the nuclear ancillary study of the HF-ACTION trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1038-1045

  Atchley, Allen E ^a   Iskandrian, Ami E ^b   Bensimhon, Dan ^a   Ellis, Stephen J ^a   Kitzman, Dalane W ^c   Shaw, Linda K ^a   Pagnanelli, Robert A ^a   Whellan, David J ^d   Gardin, Julius M ^e   Kao, Andrew ^f   Abdul Nour, Khaled ^g   Ewald, Greg ^h   Walsh, Mary Norine ⁱ   Kraus, William E ^a   O'Connor, Christopher M ^a   Borges Neto, Salvador ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79958142048     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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