title: Preoperative risk stratification for endovascular surgery using pharmacologic stress myocardial imaging.
abstract: To stratify perioperative cardiac risk for endovascular surgery, pharmacologic stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was performed in 206 patients. Of 8 patients who had cardiac events, 7 occurred in 67 patients with positive SPECT results, whereas only 1 occurred in 139 patients with negative SPECT results (7 of 67 vs 1 of 139, p <0.002). Furthermore, a scintigraphic marker of a summed stress score >/=14 was the most important factor identifying patients who subsequently had cardiac events by multivariate analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Tokyo Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsufumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harafuji
authors.forename: Taishiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chikamori
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hida
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamashina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*