title: Prognostic value of thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in three primary patient populations.
abstract: Knowledge of a patient's coronary anatomy alone is often insufficient to predict who will benefit from revascularization. Risk of cardiac events is related more to the presence of viable myocardium supplied by coronary arteries that are hemodynamically significant. Myocardial perfusion imaging with thallium-201 has been shown to reveal the presence and extent of jeopardized viable myocardium. In addition, thallium-201 imaging can demonstrate exercise-induced left ventricular dysfunction, manifested by increased thallium-201 myocardial imaging has important prognostic value in a wide spectrum of patients with coronary artery disease. The use of thallium-201 to predict cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, in patients following myocardial infarction, and in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010477:Perfusion; D011379:Prognosis; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D004176:Dipyridamole