Usefulness of residual ischemic myocardium within prior infarct zone for identifying patients at high risk late after acute myocardial infarction
Brown K, Weiss R, Clements J, Wackers F. Usefulness of residual ischemic myocardium within prior infarct zone for identifying patients at high risk late after acute myocardial infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1987, 60: 15-19. PMID: 3604929, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90975-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionTI-201 redistributionCardiac eventsInfarct zoneMyocardial infarctionStepwise multivariate logistic regression analysisPrior acute myocardial infarctionAngiographic coronary artery diseaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisIschemic viable myocardiumResidual ischemic myocardiumTotal cardiac eventsCoronary artery diseaseThallium-201 imagingSignificant predictorsLogistic regression analysisOnly significant predictorCoronary revascularizationChest painArtery diseaseCardiac catheterizationConsecutive patientsPrognostic implicationsViable myocardiumIschemic myocardium