1995
Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome
Fleisher L, Rosenbaum S, Nelson A, Jain D, Wackers F, Zaret B. Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome. Anesthesiology 1995, 83: 906-917.. PMID: 7486176, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199511000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDipyridamoleElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleHeart DiseasesHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsPredictive Value of TestsPreoperative CarePrognosisProspective StudiesRadionuclide AngiographySensitivity and SpecificitySurvival AnalysisThallium RadioisotopesVasodilator AgentsConceptsPerioperative cardiac eventsPredictive valueDipyridamole thalliumCardiac eventsPreoperative dipyridamole thallium imagingLong-term cardiac survivalGreatest likelihood ratioNoncardiac surgery patientsPerioperative cardiac morbidityDipyridamole-thallium imagingLong-term mortalityLong-term prognosisAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringShort-term outcomesLong-term outcomesLikelihood ratioPositive predictive valueLog-rank statisticsNuclear cardiology laboratoryCardiac morbidityNoncardiac surgerySurgery patientsThallium imagingCardiac survivalElectrocardiographic monitoring
1994
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 imagesInfarctionPatients