Why the study?
Does exercise SPECT provide better risk stratification for cardiac death compared to the Duke treadmill score in elderly patients?
Population
247 elderly patients (age >= 75 years), mean age 77+/-3 years, 108 women, 139 men
Comparison
Exercise thallium-201 single-photon emission… vs Duke treadmill score
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 6.4 years
Authors
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SPECT stress score may aid cardiac death risk stratification in elderly patients; leaves open whether it should replace Duke score in practice.
Does exercise SPECT provide better risk stratification for cardiac death compared to the Duke treadmill score in elderly patients?
Exercise SPECT provides effective risk stratification for cardiac death in elderly patients, outperforming the standard Duke treadmill score.
Valeti et al. (2005) studied this question.
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