| Symptom-limited exercise combined with dipyridamole stress: prognostic value in assessment of known or suspected coronary artery disease by use of gated SPECT imaging. | |
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PMID: 18242479 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Combining vasodilator and exercise stress reduces noncardiac side effects, improves image quality, and enhances the detection of ischemia, compared with suboptimal exercise or vasodilator stress alone. However, prognostic data with combined protocols are limited. METHODS AND RESULTS: Consecutive patients (n = 2064) who underwent symptom-limited exercise and dipyridamole stress with gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging, without early revascularization, were studied. Subsequent cardiac death or nonfatal myocardial infarction was related to exercise and gated SPECT variables. Cox proportional hazards regression modeling was performed to identify predictors of adverse outcome. Annualized event rates in patients with normal and abnormal images were 0.96% and 2.71%, respectively (P < .001). With abnormal imaging, annualized event rates were 0.86% and 3.13% in patients with average to high and fair or poor functional capacity, respectively (P = .019). Abnormal imaging, a severely reduced post-stress ejection fraction, transient ischemic dilation, and fair or poor functional capacity emerged as predictors of adverse outcome. Accordingly, patients were stratified into low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk cohorts with annualized event rates of 0.94%, 2.24%, and 8.19%, respectively (P < .001 in any two-way comparison). CONCLUSIONS: A protocol that combines symptom-limited exercise and dipyridamole stress with gated SPECT imaging provides highly effective risk stratification for adverse outcomes. |
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Authors:
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Alan W Ahlberg; Sarkis B Baghdasarian; Haris Athar; Jeffrey P Thompsen; Deborah M Katten; Gavin L Noble; Igor Mamkin; Anuj R Shah; Ivette A Leka; Gary V Heller |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Volume: 15 ISSN: 1532-6551 ISO Abbreviation: J Nucl Cardiol Publication Date: 2008 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-02-04 Completed Date: 2008-02-21 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9423534 Medline TA: J Nucl Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 42-56 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Henry Low Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour St, Hartford, CT 06102, USA. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Connecticut / epidemiology Coronary Artery Disease / epidemiology*, radionuclide imaging* Dipyridamole / diagnostic use* Exercise Test / methods*, statistics & numerical data* Female Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / statistics & numerical data* Humans Image Enhancement / methods Male Middle Aged Prevalence Prognosis Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / statistics & numerical data* Vasodilator Agents / diagnostic use |
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0/Vasodilator Agents; 58-32-2/Dipyridamole |
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Comment In:
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J Nucl Cardiol. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):3-6
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18242472
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