Abstract
We enrolled 196 patients who had myocardial infarction and no ischemia on dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and/or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Negative studies were observed in 125 patients on DSE and in 159 on SPECT. Patients were followed for 43 ± 14 months. Cardiac events occurred in 14% of patients who did not have ischemia on DSE and in 9% of patients who did not have ischemia on SPECT. Event-free survival rate was higher in the presence of negative findings on SPECT compared with DSE (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 13-16 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | The American Journal of Cardiology |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 1 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine