Prognostic value of exercise stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with permanent pacemakers.
One hundred eight patients with single- or dual-chamber pacemakers underwent exercise myocardial perfusion imaging with thallium-201 or technetium-99m sestamibi. A high-risk scan (a large fixed defect, a large reversible defect, or evidence of cardiomyopathy) identified patients at high risk for cardiac death on both a univariate and multivariate basis.
Lapeyre
André C
AC
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. alapeyre@mayo.edu
Poornima
Indu G
IG
Miller
Todd D
TD
Hodge
David O
DO
Christian
Timothy F
TF
Gibbons
Raymond J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes