TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical value, cost-effectiveness, and safety of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
T2 - A position statement
AU - Marcassa, Claudio
AU - Bax, Jeroen J.
AU - Bengel, Frank
AU - Hesse, Birger
AU - Petersen, Claus L.
AU - Reyes, Eliana
AU - Underwood, Richard
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Mortality rates due to coronary artery disease (CAD) have declined in recent years as result of improved prevention, diagnosis, and management. Nonetheless, CAD remains the leading cause of death worldwide with most casualties expected to occur in developing nations. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) provides a highly cost-effective tool for the early detection of obstructive CAD in symptomatic individuals and contributes substantially to stratification of patients according to their risk of cardiac death or nonfatal myocardial infarction. MPS also provides valuable information that assists clinical decision-making with regard to medical treatment and intervention. A large body of evidence supports the current applications of MPS, which has become integral to several guidelines for clinical practice.
AB - Mortality rates due to coronary artery disease (CAD) have declined in recent years as result of improved prevention, diagnosis, and management. Nonetheless, CAD remains the leading cause of death worldwide with most casualties expected to occur in developing nations. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) provides a highly cost-effective tool for the early detection of obstructive CAD in symptomatic individuals and contributes substantially to stratification of patients according to their risk of cardiac death or nonfatal myocardial infarction. MPS also provides valuable information that assists clinical decision-making with regard to medical treatment and intervention. A large body of evidence supports the current applications of MPS, which has become integral to several guidelines for clinical practice.
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Cost-effectiveness
KW - Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
KW - Radionuclide
KW - Scintigraphy
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm607
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm607
M3 - Article
C2 - 18202253
AN - SCOPUS:39349089910
VL - 29
SP - 557
EP - 563
JO - European Heart Journal
JF - European Heart Journal
SN - 0195-668X
IS - 4
ER -