Failure of negative dipyridamole thallium scans to predict perioperative myocardial ischaemia and infarction
Fleisher L, Nelson A, Rosenbaum S. Failure of negative dipyridamole thallium scans to predict perioperative myocardial ischaemia and infarction. Journal Canadien D'anesthésie 1992, 39: 179-183. PMID: 1544202, DOI: 10.1007/bf03008653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDipyridamole-thallium scanPostoperative dayThallium scansMyocardial infarctionPreoperative dipyridamole thallium imagingUnderlying coronary artery diseaseDipyridamole-thallium imagingPostoperative myocardial infarctionThird postoperative dayCoronary artery diseasePerioperative myocardial ischaemiaFalse-negative scansHigh-risk populationAmbulatory electrocardiographic recordersPostoperative ischaemiaArtery diseaseThallium imagingThird patientMyocardial ischaemiaNegative scansIschaemiaElectrocardiographic recorderInfarctionPatientsPeriod of monitoring