Dipyridamole thallium imaging in patients being considered for vascular procedures
| Autor: | Timothy R. Bower, William J. Sharp, Maleah Grover-Mckay, John D. Corson, Jamal J. Hoballah, Timothy F. Kresowik, Scott A. Garner, Earlene E. Slaymaker |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Ischemia chemistry.chemical_element Radionuclide ventriculography Coronary Disease Coronary Angiography Patient Care Planning Angina Pectoris Coronary artery disease Vascular reconstruction Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted medicine Humans In patient cardiovascular diseases Angioplasty Balloon Coronary Coronary Artery Bypass Radionuclide Ventriculography Left main disease Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Vascular disease Dipyridamole Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Thallium Radioisotopes chemistry Thallium Female business Vascular Surgical Procedures medicine.drug Forecasting Tomography Emission-Computed |
| Zdroj: | Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 128(3) |
| ISSN: | 0004-0010 |
| Popis: | • We routinely performed intravenous dipyridamole thallium imaging and resting radionuclide ventriculography on 190 patients being considered for elective vascular procedures. Patients with thallium redistribution underwent coronary arteriography. Patients in group 1 (n=78) had clinical evidence of coronary artery disease, and patients in group 2 (n=112) had no history or electrocardiographic evidence of coronary artery disease. The frequency of thallium redistribution was not significantly different in the two groups (45% in group 1 and 46% in group 2). Coronary arteriography identified severe three-vessel or left main disease in eight patients (10%) in group 1 and 16 patients (14%) in group 2. Selection of patients for dipyridamole thallium imaging prior to vascular reconstruction should be based on whether or not documentation of the extent of coronary artery disease would influence therapy rather than on clinical indicators of coronary disease. ( Arch Surg. 1993;128:299-302) |
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