Stress myocardial perfusion imaging for assessing prognosis: An update

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1305-1319

  Bourque, Jamieson M ^a   Beller, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; myocardial perfusion imaging; prognosis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RUBIDIUM 82; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 83455164770     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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