Why the study?
Does exercise echocardiography provide comparable prognostic information to exercise 201Tl SPECT in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease?
Population
248 patients evaluated for coronary artery disease, mean age 56+/-12 years, 189 men.
Comparison
Exercise echocardiography combined with exercise… vs Exercise 201Tl single photon emission computed…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 3.7+/-2.0 years
Authors
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May inform CAD risk stratification with either modality; leaves open need for randomized outcome trials.
Does exercise echocardiography provide comparable prognostic information to exercise 201Tl SPECT in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease?
Exercise echocardiography and 201Tl SPECT combined with ECG provide comparable long-term prognostic information for risk stratification in patients evaluated for CAD.
Olmos et al. (1998) studied this question.
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