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ArticleCureus2024

Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Presenting as a False-Negative Nuclear Stress Test: A Case of Balanced Ischemia.

Allan E Santos Argueta, Junaid Ali, Asim Khan, Birgurman Singh, Dinesh Singal

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Allan E Santos ArguetaInternal Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA.
Junaid AliInternal Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA.
Asim KhanInternal Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA.
Birgurman SinghInternal Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA.
Dinesh SingalCardiology, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is fundamental to comparing coronary vessel perfusion levels and guides in identifying ischemic areas. However, false negatives, such as balanced ischemia, are important considerations in interpreting these results. In this case report, we describe a 77-year-old female who presented with cardiac chest pain with normal laboratory results, electrocardiogram, and imaging. However, given her history and risk factors, left heart catheterization was performed, which showed triple vessel coronary artery disease.

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balanced ischemiacad: coronary artery diseasefalse negative nuclear stress testmultivessel coronary artery disease (mvcad)nuclear stress myocardial perfusion imaging

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PMID38465084
PMCPMC10923640

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