Failure of negative dipyridamole thallium scans to predict perioperative myocardial ischaemia and infarction

The value of perioperative clinical inde

The value of perioperative clinical indexes and dipyridamole thallium scintigraphy for the prediction of myocardial infarction and cardiac death in patients undergoing vascular surgery

✍ Robert C. Hendel; Jeffrey A. Leppo 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 958 KB

## Background: Dipyridamole thallium scintigraphy has previously been shown to have predictive value for both perioperative and late cardiac events in patients undergoing vascular surgery. however, despite the prognostic utility of this technique, the relative importance of clinical factors and sci