Myocardial perfusion imaging in women for the evaluation of stable ischemic heart disease—state-of-the-evidence and clinical recommendations

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1402-1426

  Taqueti, Viviany R ^a   Dorbala, Sharmila ^a   Wolinsky, David ^b   Abbott, Brian ^c,d   Heller, Gary V ^e   Bateman, Timothy M ^f   Mieres, Jennifer H ^g   Phillips, Lawrence M ^h   Wenger, Nanette K ⁱ   Shaw, Leslee J ⁱ  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Miriam Hospitals   (United States)

^e MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

ASNC consensus statement; imaging; Stable ischemic heart disease; women

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMMONIA N 13; DIPYRIDAMOLE; RADIOISOTOPE; REGADENOSON; RUBIDIUM 82; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIPARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SOLID STATE; SPECT SCANNER; STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 85020205765     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-0926-8     Document Type: Article

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