Impact of incomplete revascularization of coronary artery disease on long-term cardiac outcomes. Retrospective comparison of angiographic and myocardial perfusion imaging criteria for completeness

• Published in: Journal of nuclear cardiology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 546 - 555
• Main Authors: Li, Jiehui, Schindler, Thomas H., Qiao, Shubin, Wei, Hongxing, Tian, Yueqin, Wang, Weixue, Zhang, Xiaoli, Yang, Xiubin, Liu, Xiujie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.06.2016; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cardiology; China - epidemiology; coronary angiography; Coronary Angiography - methods; Coronary Angiography - statistics & numerical data; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - mortality; Coronary Artery Disease - surgery; Female; Humans; Imaging; incomplete revascularization; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; myocardial perfusion imaging; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - methods; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - statistics & numerical data; Myocardial Revascularization - mortality; Myocardial Revascularization - statistics & numerical data; Nuclear Medicine; Original Article; percutaneous coronary intervention; Prevalence; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; Treatment Failure; incomplete revascularization; percutaneous coronary intervention; myocardial perfusion imaging; Coronary artery disease; coronary angiography

Coronary revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease may be guided by coronary angiography (CA) or alternatively by ischemia on stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). Which strategy leads to optimal cardiac outcomes is uncertain. We performed a retrospective analysis of 170 patien...