title: Gender differences in gated acquisition and perfusion tests.
abstract: This article reports results of coronary artery disease assessment in 475 patients. Each patient underwent both perfusion testing and a gated acquisition test. Female patients had much higher normal rates on both tests than male patients, a discrepancy that is not attributable to age differences, the stress method used or the patients' ability to reach 85% of maximum heart rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vagas, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballow
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004176:Dipyridamole; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012737:Sex Factors; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D004176:Dipyridamole; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D000241:Adenosine