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The Role of Stress Redistribution Thallium-201 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease and Perioperative Risk

Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont

Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: Kenneth A. Brown, MD, Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401.

ABSTRACT

Thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging can provide prognostic information on the risk of future cardiac events in patients with known or suspected chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). In addition, patients at risk for cardiac events during surgery can be risk-stratified preoperatively with myocardial perfusion studies. The presence or absence of transient defects on perfusion images is a strong predictor of subsequent cardiac events. The extent of transient defects, which reflects the extent of jeopardized yet viable myocardium, is useful to predict patient outcome. Myocardial perfusion imaging with ²⁰¹Tl adds significant prognostic value to standard ECG and clinical data.

Key Words: myocardial perfusion imaging • thallium-201 • coronary artery disease • perioperative risk • stress redistribution

FOOTNOTES

This paper was presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine on June 9, 1993, as part of a Continuing Medical Education Seminar organized by the Cardiovascular Council.

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