PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF REGADENOSON SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH OR WITHOUT ADJUNCTIVE LOW LEVEL EXERCISE

Prognostic value of regadenoson myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with different degrees of renal dysfunction.

AIMS Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have worse cardiovascular outcomes. The prognostic value of the new pharmacological stressor regadenoson (REG) in patients with varying levels of kidney function is not known (REG-SPECT). Furthermore, the impact of varying levels of kidney dysfunction on cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing REG-SPECT has not been defined. Our objective was to e...

Long-term prognostic value of exercise technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography

BACKGROUND Exercise (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a useful tool for short- and medium-term risk stratifications. Currently, the long-term prognostic application of this technique has not been evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS Exercise (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin was performed in 655 consecutive patients. Ten patients who underwent revascularization <60 days af...

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Prognostic value of cardiac hybrid imaging integrating single-photon emission computed tomography with coronary computed tomography angiography.

Aims Although cardiac hybrid imaging, fusing single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), provides important complementary diagnostic information for coronary artery disease (CAD) assessment, no prognostic data exist on the predictive value of cardiac hybrid imaging. Hence, the aim of this study was to asse...

Prognostic Value of Multislice Computed Tomography and Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Jacob M. van Werkhoven, MSC,*§ Joanne D. Schuijf, PHD,* Oliver Gaemperli, MD, ¶ J. Wouter Jukema, MD, PHD,*§ Eric Boersma, MSC, PHD,** William Wijns, MD, PHD,†† Paul Stolzmann, MD,# Hatem Alkadhi, MD,# Ines Valenta, MD,¶ Marcel P. M. Stokkel, MD, PHD,† Lucia J. Kroft, MD, PHD,‡ Albert de Roos, MD, PHD,‡ Gabija Pundziute, MD,* Arthur Scholte, MD,* Ernst E. van der Wall, MD, PHD,*§ Philipp A. Kau...