Prognostic significance of a fixed thallium defect one to six months after onset of acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina
Bodenheimer M, Wackers F, Schwartz R, Brown M, Group T. Prognostic significance of a fixed thallium defect one to six months after onset of acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1994, 74: 1196-1200. PMID: 7977089, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(94)90547-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonfatal infarctionCardiac eventsUnstable anginaCardiac deathMyocardial infarctionReversible defectsExercise thallium studiesNonfatal myocardial infarctionAcute coronary eventsLarge prospective studiesAcute cardiac eventsKaplan-Meier curvesAcute myocardial infarctionLog-rank statisticsCoronary eventsExercise thalliumPatient 1Prognostic significanceProspective studyMyocardial ischemiaThallium studiesThallium testThallium imagesInfarctionPatientsLimited usefulness of exercise testing and thallium scintigraphy in evaluation of ambulator patients several months after recovery from an acute coronary event: Implications for management of stable coronary heart disease
Krone R, Gregory J, Freedland K, Kleiger R, Wackers F, Bodenheimer M, Benhorin J, Schwartz R, Parker J, van Voorhees L, Moss A, Group F. Limited usefulness of exercise testing and thallium scintigraphy in evaluation of ambulator patients several months after recovery from an acute coronary event: Implications for management of stable coronary heart disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1994, 24: 1274-1281. PMID: 7930250, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)90109-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable coronary diseaseAcute coronary eventsNonfatal myocardial infarctionThallium-201 scintigraphyCardiac eventsCoronary eventsCoronary diseaseCardiac deathHospital admissionMyocardial infarctionNonfatal infarctionEnd pointUnstable anginaExercise testingObstructive coronary artery diseaseStable coronary heart diseaseExercise testing variablesSubsequent cardiac eventsCoronary artery diseaseGroup of patientsCoronary heart diseaseProportional hazards modelThallium perfusionCardiac causesIdentifies patients