TY - JOUR
T1 - Prognostic value of exercise cardiac tomography performed late after percutaneous coronary intervention in symptomatic and symptom-free patients
AU - Acampa, Wanda
AU - Petretta, Mario
AU - Florimonte, Luigia
AU - Mattera, Angela
AU - Cuocolo, Alberto
PY - 2003/2/1
Y1 - 2003/2/1
N2 - The long-term prognostic value of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) performed late after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been extensively evaluated. Moreover, the role of myocardial ischemia at SPECT in symptom-free patients after PCI is not clear. This study was designed to determine the long-term prognostic value of SPECT in predicting cardiac events after PCI in symptomatic and symptom-free patients. Exercise technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT was performed in 206 patients between 12 and 18 months after PCI. All patients were followed for a mean period of 37 ± 16 months. Cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and late revascularization procedures were considered to be events. Myocardial ischemia at SPECT was detectable in 44 patients. During follow-up, 24 patients experienced events (cardiac death in 4 patients, myocardial infarction in 10, and late revascularization in 10). At univariate analysis, the summed stress score (p
AB - The long-term prognostic value of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) performed late after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been extensively evaluated. Moreover, the role of myocardial ischemia at SPECT in symptom-free patients after PCI is not clear. This study was designed to determine the long-term prognostic value of SPECT in predicting cardiac events after PCI in symptomatic and symptom-free patients. Exercise technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT was performed in 206 patients between 12 and 18 months after PCI. All patients were followed for a mean period of 37 ± 16 months. Cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and late revascularization procedures were considered to be events. Myocardial ischemia at SPECT was detectable in 44 patients. During follow-up, 24 patients experienced events (cardiac death in 4 patients, myocardial infarction in 10, and late revascularization in 10). At univariate analysis, the summed stress score (p
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03151-X
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03151-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 12565079
AN - SCOPUS:0037309259
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 91
SP - 259
EP - 263
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -