Validation of 2-year 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine-based cardiac mortality risk model in chronic heart failure

Creation of mortality risk charts using 123I meta-iodobenzylguanidine heart-to-mediastinum ratio in patients with heart failure: 2- and 5-year risk models

AIMS (123)I meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging has been extensively used for prognostication in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The purpose of this study was to create mortality risk charts for short-term (2 years) and long-term (5 years) prediction of cardiac mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a pooled database of 1322 CHF patients, multivariate analysis, including (123)I-M...

123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine in patients with chronic heart failure: technical aspects, conceptual issues, and future prospects.

Meta-Iodobenzylguanidine Imaging: From Standardization to Mortality Risk Models in Heart Failure

123 I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is a potent prognostic marker of chronic heart failure (CHF). However, inter-institutional variations due to methodological variations required minimization before 123 I-MIBG findings could be universally applied to the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of CHF. Therefore, protocols including data acquisition, setting regions of interest for calculating hea...

mortality forecasting based on lee-carter model

over the past decades a number of approaches have been applied for forecasting mortality. in 1992, a new method for long-run forecast of the level and age pattern of mortality was published by lee and carter. this method was welcomed by many authors so it was extended through a wider class of generalized, parametric and nonlinear model. this model represents one of the most influential recent d...

Renal Function in Relation to Cardiac 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

The aim of this study was to explore if estimates of renal function could explain variability of (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ((123)I-MIBG) assessed myocardial sympathetic activity. Furthermore estimates of renal function were compared to (123)I-MIBG as predictors of cardiac death in chronic heart failure (CHF). Semi-quantitative parameters of (123)I-MIBG myocardial uptake and washout were ca...