title: [Nuclear cardiology in the preoperative evaluation of the patient at risk of coronary disease; meta-analysis of the contribution of thallium dipyridamole scintigraphy].
abstract: Coronary disease may be assessed by several techniques of nuclear cardiology: classical thallium myocardial scintigraphy, position scintigraphy, left ventricular angioscintigraphy. These techniques measure the response of coronary flow, myocardial metabolism, or left ventricular contractility during a physical or pharmacologic stress test. Many studies have reported the interest of dipyridamole thallium scintigraphy in the assessment of the surgical risk for a coronary event. Regarding the meta-analysis of up-to-day published studies, the surgical risk is 26% for an abnormal test against 3% for a normal study. Considering only the risk of infarction or cardiac death, corresponding probabilities are 18% and 2%, respectively. Dipyridamole stress test is a fairly safe and accurate method for discriminating between high and low risk patients in a population selected on clinical grounds.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital André Vésale, Montigny-le-Tilleul.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delcourt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004176:Dipyridamole; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D004176:Dipyridamole