Clinical ResearchCardiac ImagingLong-Term Prognostic Value of 13N-Ammonia Myocardial Perfusion Positron Emission Tomography: Added Value of Coronary Flow Reserve
Cardiac Imaging
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Key Words
coronary flow reserve
positron emission tomography
13N-ammonia
myocardial perfusion imaging
outcome
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CABG
coronary artery bypass grafting
CAD
coronary artery disease
CFR
coronary flow reserve
MACE
major adverse cardiac advents
MBF
myocardial blood flow
MPI
myocardial perfusion imaging
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
PET
perfusion emission tomography
SPECT
single-photon emission computerized tomography
SSS
summed stress score
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Dr. Kaufmann was supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF-professorship grant no. PP00A-114706) and by the ZIHP (Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland).
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