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Outcomes in Patients With Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Normal Coronary Angiogram

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine

Azamuddin Khaja, MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine

Anand Chockalingam, MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, chockalingama{at}health.missouri.edu

Saravanan Kuppuswamy, MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine

Thomas Dresser, MD

Cardiology Section, Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Missouri

A subset of subjects undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging has perfusion abnormalities that are subsequently labeled false positive based on coronary angiography. We evaluated the long-term prevalence of cardiovascular events in these patients. We retrospectively identified 48 patients who had reversible perfusion abnormalities with myocardial perfusion imaging and normal coronary angiography. Patients with known coronary artery disease, left ventricular dysfunction, valvular disease, and cardiomyopathy were excluded. Patient follow-up, conducted for at least 3 (mean interval, 7.4) years from the index myocardial perfusion imaging, was accomplished by a review of medical records and telephone interviews. Study endpoints were cardiovascular events defined as sudden cardiac death, myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary revascularization, coronary artery bypass grafting, and cerebrovascular or peripheral revascularization. Thirty-one percent (15 of 48) of the patients had cardiovascular events. Six of the 48 patients had coronary events. These patients had abnormal myocardial perfusion imaging and normal coronary angiogram. The time between myocardial perfusion imaging and coronary event was 0.5 to 8.67 years. There was a strong correlation between the regions of original perfusion abnormality and the ultimate coronary ischemia or revascularization. Abnormal findings on myocardial perfusion imaging may predict a higher prevalence of coronary and peripheral vascular events than suggested by a normal coronary angiogram.

Key Words: myocardial perfusion imaging • coronary angiogram • microvascular dysfunction

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Angiology, Vol. 60, No. 3, 318-321 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708319938


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