Improved Cardiac Risk Assessment With Noninvasive Measures of Coronary Flow Reserve

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Authors

Venkatesh L. Murthy · Baim Institute for Clinical Research

Masanao Naya · Baim Institute for Clinical Research

Courtney Foster · Baim Institute for Clinical Research

Jon Hainer · Baim Institute for Clinical Research

Mariya Gaber · Baim Institute for Clinical Research

G Carli · Baim Institute for Clinical Research

Ron Blankstein

Abstract

Noninvasive quantitative assessment of coronary vasodilator function with positron emission tomography is a powerful, independent predictor of cardiac mortality in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and provides meaningful incremental risk stratification over clinical and gated myocardial perfusion imaging variables.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 124, Issue 20, pp. 2215-2224

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.050427

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