Why the study?
Does myocardial perfusion SPECT predict future cardiac events (AMI, UAP, cardiac death) in a Japanese population with known or suspected CAD?
Population
1,846 Japanese patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, mean age 64, 70.0% male. Excluded…
Design
Cohort, Follow-up assessors were blinded to patients' test results
Follow-up
mean 26.9±15.8 months
Authors
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May aid SPECT risk stratification in Japanese CAD; extends prior data but leaves open prospective validation.
Does myocardial perfusion SPECT predict future cardiac events (AMI, UAP, cardiac death) in a Japanese population with known or suspected CAD?
Myocardial perfusion SPECT provides significant prognostic value for predicting acute coronary syndromes and cardiac death in Japanese patients with known or suspected CAD.
Matsumoto et al. (2007) studied this question.
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