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Review
Risk Assessment of Patients With Known or Suspected CAD Using Stress Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
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St Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2000, 1(2), 91–103;
Published: 30 June 2000
Abstract
In this era of cost containment and evidence-based medicine, validation of a test’s diagnostic ability may be only the beginning step to its acceptance and use. In the imaging world, a test gains cost-effectiveness points if it not only is an independent predictor of outcomes but also adds prognostic information to pretest data. If the test can be used to risk-stratify patients, its value is further enhanced. This review discusses how one of the newer imaging techniques, single-photon emission CT, ranks with regard to the risk assessment of patients with coronary artery disease.
Keywords
Coronary artery disease
Exercise test
Radionuclide imaging
Risk factors
Risk stratification