Age- and Sex-Specific Myocardial Blood Flow Values in Patients Without Coronary Atherosclerosis on Rb-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Brett W SperryMark P MetzingerAli O IbrahimRandall C ThompsonYoon J ChoPhillip G JonesA Iain McGhieTimothy M BatemanPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2024)
In patients without demonstrable coronary artery disease, MBFR is higher in younger males than younger females and decreases with age in both sexes. Age- and sex-specific MBFR may be important in risk prediction and guidance for revascularization and warrant further study.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- end stage renal disease
- blood flow
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular disease
- computed tomography
- type diabetes
- coronary artery
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left ventricular
- high resolution
- heart failure
- pet ct
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- positron emission tomography
- cardiovascular events