First published online
January 21, 2009, 10.2967/jnumed.108.054395
Comparison Between the Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Perfusion Reserve in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
René A. Tio*,1,
Ali Dabeshlim*,2,
Hans-Marc J. Siebelink3,
Johan de Sutter4,
Hans L. Hillege5,
Clark J. Zeebregts6,
Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx2,
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen1,
Felix Zijlstra1 and
Riemer H.J.A. Slart2
1 Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 3 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; 4 Department of Cardiology, AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium; 5 Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; and 6 Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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FIGURE 1. Cardiac death-free survival curves for median values of MPR tertiles are shown. Median MPR values of each tertile (intertertile boundaries, 1.49 and 1.84) were taken to illustrate differences between these groups. Numbers indicate patients at risk and number of events per tertile (T).
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