Preoperative Risk Stratification Using Gated Myocardial Perfusion Studies in Patients with Cancer
Kiran Chang1,
Mona Sarkiss2,
Kyoung Sook Won1,3,
Joseph Swafford4,
Lyle Broemeling5 and
Isis Gayed1
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; 2 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; 3 Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea; 4 Department of Cardiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; and 5 Department of Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

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FIGURE 1. Operative or procedure risk in patients with normal and abnormal myocardial perfusion results.
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