Clinical ResearchCardiac ImagingImpact of Body Mass Index on Cardiac Mortality in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Cardiac Imaging
This study was presented in part at the American Heart Association Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 7–10, 2004. Todd Miller, MD, FACC, acted as guest editor.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
BMI
body mass index
CABG
coronary artery bypass grafting
CAD
coronary artery disease
CHF
chronic heart failure
EDV
end-diastolic volume
EF
ejection fraction
ESV
end-systolic volume
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
MPS
myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
SPECT
single-photon emission computed tomography
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Partial funding was provided by grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, and Astellas Inc., Deerfield, Illinois. Grant support for the follow-up portion of this project was provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging and Astellas Inc.
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