Prediction of ong-term ardiac vents by 123I-meta-odobenzylguanidine maging after acute yocardial nfarction and eperfusion herapy.

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  Figure 1. (Left) Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve analysis for early heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio showing a low predictive value (AUC=0.524) for cardiac event with an optimal cutoff value of 1.85, yielding a sensitivity of 64.5% and a specificity of 50.0%, (Right) receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for delayed heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio showing a low predictive value (AUC=0.576) for cardiac event with an optimal cutoff value of 1.74, yielding a sensitivity of 70.1% and a specificity of 55.3%

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  Figure 2. (Left) Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for washout rate showing a slightly low predictive value (AUC=0.64) for cardiac event with an optimal cutoff value of 25.0%, yielding a sensitivity of 57.0% and a specificity of 65.8%, (Right) receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for washout rate (SPECT) showing a slightly low predictive value (AUC=0.63) for cardiac event with an optimal cutoff value of 21.8%, yielding a sensitivity of 59.8% and a specificity of 71.1%

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  Figure 3. (Left) Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for early defect volume showing a low predictive value (AUC=0.533) for cardiac event with an optimal cutoff value of 39.0 ml, yielding a sensitivity of 69.2% and a specificity of 42.1%, (Right) receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for early extent showing a low predictive value (AUC=0.541) for cardiac event with an optimal cutoff value of 30.0%, yielding a sensitivity of 58.9% and a specificity of 52.6%

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  Figure 4. Kaplan-Meier event-free curves for AMI patients stratified into 2 groups. The event-free ratio was significantly lower in patients with a low Delayed H/M ratio (< 1.74) (Right). Early H/M ratio did not have a proper threshold value for significant discrimination of prognosis (Left)

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  Figure 5. Kaplan-Meier event-free curves for AMI patients stratified into 2 groups. The event-free ratio was significantly lower in patients with a high WR (> 25) and a high WR (SPECT) (> 21.8)

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  Figure 6. Kaplan-Meier event-free curves for patients with acute myocardial infarction stratified into two groups (Early defect volume and early extent did not have a proper threshold value for discriminating the prognostic value.)