1. The prognostic value of ECG-gated SPECT imaging in patients undergoing stress Tc-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging*1
- Author
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Alan W. Ahlberg, Robert C. Kaplan, Diane Demus, Deborah Katten, Mark I. Travin, Lynne L. Johnson, Gary V. Heller, Cynthia C. Taub, and Carmen R. Isasi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Ejection fraction ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Gated SPECT ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Perfusion scanning ,Single-photon emission computed tomography ,medicine.disease ,Revascularization ,Myocardial perfusion imaging ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Cardiology ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Myocardial infarction ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Nuclear medicine ,business ,Perfusion - Abstract
The ability of stress radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging to predict adverse cardiac events is well accepted. As left ventricular systolic function has also been shown to be an important prognostic indicator, the objective of this study was to determine whether electrocardiography (ECG)-gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) functional data add additional power. In this study 3207 patients who underwent stress myocardial perfusion imaging with ECG gating, without early (
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- 2004