Prognostic Stratification of Obese Patients by Stress 99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Abdou Elhendy1,2,
Arend F.L. Schinkel1,
Ron T. van Domburg1,
Jeroen J. Bax3,
Roelf Valkema4,
Elena Biagini1 and
Don Poldermans1
1 Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2 Section of Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin; 3 Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands; and 4 Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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FIGURE 1. KaplanMeier survival curves (cardiac mortality) according to presence and extent of perfusion anomalies. SVD = abnormal in single-vessel distribution; MVD = abnormal in multiple-vessel distribution.
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FIGURE 2. KaplanMeier survival curves (all causes of mortality) according to presence and extent of perfusion anomalies. SVD = abnormal in single-vessel distribution; MVD = abnormal in multiple-vessel distribution.
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FIGURE 3. KaplanMeier survival curves (cardiac mortality) in patients with and without diabetes mellitus.
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