Prognostic Stratification Using Dobutamine Stress 99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion SPECT in Elderly Patients Unable to Perform Exercise Testing
Arend F.L. Schinkel, MD, PhD1,
Abdou Elhendy, MD, PhD1,
Elena Biagini, MD1,
Ron T. van Domburg, PhD1,
Roelf Valkema, MD, PhD2,
Vittoria Rizello, MD1,
Chiara Pedone, MD1,
Maarten Simoons, MD, PhD1,
Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD3 and
Don Poldermans, MD, PhD1
1 Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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FIGURE 1. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for total mortality according to results of dobutamine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT.
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FIGURE 2. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for cardiac death according to results of dobutamine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT.
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FIGURE 3. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for cardiac death or nonfatal myocardial infarction according to results of dobutamine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT.
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