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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2022

Prognostic value of absent left ventricular ejection fraction reserve with regadenoson SPECT MPI.

Phillip Smith, Ayman Farag, Pradeep Bhambhvani, Ami Iskandrian, Fadi G Hage

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Phillip SmithDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, United States.
Ayman FaragDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, United States.
Pradeep BhambhvaniDept. of Radiology, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, United States.
Ami IskandrianDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, United States.
Fadi G HageDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, United States. fhage@uabmc.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

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6 · The paper itself

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backgroundAn absent left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) reserve with vasodilator stress with PET cardiac imaging has been shown to provide significant independent and incremental value to the perfusion images for prediction of future cardiovascular adverse events. However, the prognostic value of LVEF reserve has not been well characterized with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI).

methodsWe studied 858 consecutive patients with normal and abnormal perfusion pattern with regadenoson SPECT MPI. Change in LVEF was calculated as post-stress LVEF-rest LVEF. Absent LVEF reserve was defined as a drop in LVEF by 5% or more on the post-stress images. The primary outcome was a composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and late coronary revascularization.

resultsAn absent LVEF reserve was more common in patients with abnormal vs normal MPI (31% vs 19%, P = .001). During a median follow-up of 32 months, the primary outcome was experienced by 31% of the study population. An absent LVEF reserve was not associated with an increased risk of the primary outcome in patients with normal (hazard ratio 1.1, 95% CI .4-2.7, P = .8) or abnormal (.75, .56-1.00, P = .05) MPI. There was no significant correlation between extent of ischemia and post-stress change in LVEF (Pearson r = - .072, P = .07).

conclusionsIn patients undergoing regadenoson SPECT MPI, absent LVEF reserve is not associated with worse cardiac outcomes. Thus, routine reporting of both post-stress and rest LVEF measurements in this setting may not be necessary.

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Myocardial Perfusion ImagingHumansPrognosisPurinesPyrazolesStroke VolumeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVentricular Function, LeftPurinesPyrazolesregadenosonCADDiagnostic and prognostic applicationGated SPECTMPIPhysiology of LV/RV functionRegadenoson

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