Role of exercise testing and stress thallium scintigraphy in the management of old men with suspected or documented coronary artery disease
| Autor: | Am. Dhondt, Jmr. Detry, C. Derwaelbarchy, Jacques Melin, Annie Robert, La. Brasseur |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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medicine.medical_specialty chemistry.chemical_element Coronary Disease Scintigraphy Coronary Angiography Angina Coronary artery disease Medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Thallium Radionuclide Imaging Aged Radioisotopes medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Angiography Heart medicine.disease Exercise Thallium Test (assessment) chemistry Exercise Test Radiology Maximal exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | European heart journal. 5 |
| ISSN: | 0195-668X |
| Popis: | From 217 old men submitted to a symptom-limited maximal exercise test, 145 had also an exercise thallium scintigraphy; 44 of those patients were submitted to an angiography. The decision to perform angiography in these aged patients was based mostly on their history and their complaints. This decision was likely influenced by the results of the exercise test; even in symptomatic patients, angiography was rarely performed when the exercise data were normal (normal ECG, no angina during the test). The thallium scintigraphy was not a major element in the overall clinical decision making: when the scintigraphy was available, it contributed, however, to refine the decision whether or not to perform an angiography. |
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