Global and segmental absolute stress myocardial blood flow in prediction of cardiac events: [15O] water positron emission tomography study.
Esa HarjulahtiTeemu MaaniittyWail NammasIida StenströmFausto BiancariJeroen J BaxJuhani KnuutiAntti SarastePublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2020)
In symptomatic patients evaluated for suspected obstructive CAD, reduced global sMBF by [15O] water PET identifies those at the highest risk of adverse cardiac events, whereas segmental reduction of sMBF with preserved global sMBF is associated with an intermediate event risk.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- blood flow
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- pet ct
- pet imaging
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- coronary artery disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- genome wide
- patient reported outcomes
- adverse drug
- patient reported
- drug induced