The Transmural Extent and Severity of Myocardial Hypoperfusion Predicts Long-Term Outcome in NSTEMI
Author(s) -
Jørgen Tobias Kühl,
Jesper J. Linde,
Lars Køber,
Henning Kelbæk,
Klaus F. Kofoed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.01.022
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , perfusion , clinical endpoint , myocardial perfusion imaging , heart failure , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , clinical trial
The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the extent and severity of left ventricular myocardial hypoperfusion at rest, in addition to signs of left ventricular myocardial scar, are related to adverse long-term outcome in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
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