WhatPromisethePreliminaryTestsofCoronaryArteryDisease? Page 1 CLINICAL SCIENCES
Promises, even when earnest, sometimes cannot be kept. Byminimally altering patients' …

We applied logistic regression analysis to a group of 736 patients with chest pain to
determine which radionuclide angiographic (RNA) parameters were most useful in the …

METHODS Twenty-three patients who were recommended for coronary bypass surgery at
the University of Iowa Hospitals were randomly selected to participate in this study. Twenty …

RESULTS The coronary arteriograms were normal in 34 pa tients. This is a rather high
proportion of normal arteriograms(42%) and reflects the fact that this study was looking at …

Myocardial thallium-201 (201Tl) scintigraphy or radionuclide angiography performed in
conjunction with exercise stress testing can provide clinically useful information regarding …

The clinical utility of 201Tl scintigraphy and of computed tomography for the noninvasive
assessment of graft patency and regional myocardial perfusion was evaluated in 24 patients …

Several parametersof cardiac function can now be measured through a series of non-
invasive nuclear medicine techniques employing recent technologic developmentsin …

The main applications of cardiac nuclear imaging in coronary artery bypass surgery include:
patient selection, prediction of improvement in resting LV function after revascularization …

This investigation assesses prospectively the accuracy of rest and exercise radionuclide
angiocardiography (RNA) in detecting coronary artery disease (CAD). By retrospective …

Rest and exercise thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy and multiple gated radionuclide
angiography were correlated with the results of clinical status, exercise electrocardiography …