Association Between Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography Imaging and Adverse Events in Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease.
Attila FeherNabil E BoutagyEvangelos K OikonomouYi-Hwa LiuEdward J MillerAlbert J SinusasMonique E HinchcliffPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2021)
In our retrospective cohort analysis, patients with ARD had significantly reduced PET MFR compared with age-, sex-, and comorbidity-matched patients without ARD. Reduced PET MFR and ARD diagnosis were both independent predictors of adverse outcomes.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- pet ct
- pet imaging
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- left ventricular
- multiple sclerosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- cross sectional
- photodynamic therapy
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported