title: Prognostic value of left ventricular dyssynchrony by myocardial perfusion-gated SPECT in patients with normal and abnormal left ventricular functions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony by phase analysis has been studied by myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI)-gated SPECT in patients with LV dysfunction in various clinical settings. We aimed to investigate the routine use of phase analysis with gated SPECT for predicting cardiac outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients referred to a tertiary medical center in 2010-2011 prospectively underwent a gated SPECT and phase analysis, and follow-up for cardiac events. The values of clinical variables, MPI, LV function, and LV dyssynchrony in predicting cardiac events were tested by univariate and multivariate analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study group included 787 patients (66.5 ± 11 years, 81% men) followed for a mean duration of 18.3 ± 6.2 months. There were 45 (6%) cardiac events defined as composite endpoint; cardiac death occurred in 26 patients, and the rest had new-onset or worsening heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias. In multivariate analysis, it was shown that NYHA class, diabetes mellitus, and LVEF <50% were the independent predictors for composite endpoint. However, the independent predictors for cardiac mortality were NYHA class (for each increment in class) and phase standard deviation (SD) (for each 10° increment).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gated SPECT with phase analysis for the assessment of LV dyssynchrony can successfully predict cardiac death together with NYHA class, in patients with LV dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Cardiology Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 49100, Petah Tikva, Israel, zafrirmd@isdn.net.il.
authors.forename: Nili
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zafrir
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nevzorov
authors.forename: Tamir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bental
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strasberg
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutstein
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mats
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kornowski
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solodky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality*; D055426:Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015996:Survival Rate; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality*