Low Yield of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Asymptomatic Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Nov;175(11):1854-5. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4802.

Authors

Paul C Cremer¹, Amgad Mentias¹, David Newton¹, Venu Menon¹, Oussama Wazni¹, Patrick J Tchou¹, Wael A Jaber¹

Affiliation

¹ Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 26367850
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4802

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MeSH terms

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Asymptomatic Diseases
Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Myocardial Ischemia* / diagnosis
Myocardial Ischemia* / etiology
Myocardial Ischemia* / mortality
Myocardial Ischemia* / physiopathology
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging* / methods
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging* / statistics & numerical data
Ohio / epidemiology
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment