Rest-redistribution 201-Thallium single photon emission computed tomography predicts myocardial infarction and cardiac death in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction

Abstract

Rest-redistribution 201-Thallium single photon emission computed tomography provides prognostic information in coronary patients with mild-to-moderate left ventricular dysfunction. The number of severe irreversible defects per patient is a powerful predictor of prognosis.

The magnitude of percutaneous coronary intervention treatment in high and medium risk non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome

“…These consequences are a result of increased age and further evidence of comorbidity such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, previous myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft surgery or advanced coronary disease. Consequently the risk stratifi cation plays a key role in the management of NSTE-ACS [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk model enables professionals to assess the risk of death and it also provides a guide to the invasive therapy [11,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”