Association of Ischemia on Stress99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Abdou Elhendy, MD, PhD1,2,
Aukje Huurman, MSc1,
Arend F.L. Schinkel, MD, PhD1,
Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD3,
Ron T. van Domburg, PhD1,
Roelf Valkema, MD, PhD1,
Elena Biagini, MD1 and
Don Poldermans, MD, PhD1
1 Thoraxcenter, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2 Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
3 University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

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FIGURE 1. KaplanMeier survival curves (total mortality) in diabetic patients with normal perfusion, reversible defects, and fixed defects.
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