THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF [15O]H2O POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DERIVED MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC BURDEN

Authors :: Roel S. Driessen
Albert C. van Rossum
Ruben W. de Winter
Henk Everaars
Ibrahim Danad
Peter M. van de Ven
Pepijn A. van Diemen
Stefan P. Schumacher
Michiel J. Bom
W J Stuijfzand
Paul Knaapen
Jan-Thijs Wijmenga
Pieter G. Raijmakers
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:1798
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: A myocardial ischemic burden (IB) of 10% or more denotes high risk patients who benefit from revascularization. This threshold has been assessed by SPECT, the higher resolution of PET presumably results in a better detection of the extent and severity of ischemia. As such, a PET-derived IB might

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
High risk patients
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Ischemia
medicine.disease
Revascularization
Positron emission tomography
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Value (mathematics)

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