Impact of appropriate use on the prognostic value of single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1634-1643

  Doukky, Rami ^a,b   Hayes, Kathleen ^a   Frogge, Nathan ^a   Balakrishnan, Gautam ^c   Dontaraju, Venkata Satish ^d   Rangel, Maria O ^a   Golzar, Yasmeen ^b   Garcia Sayan, Enrique ^e   Hendel, Robert C ^f  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Rockford Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion imaging; Outcome assessment (health care); Prognosis; Tomography, emission computed, single photon

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SCANNER;

MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84885834370     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002744     Document Type: Article

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