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Prognostic value of regadenoson stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with left bundle branch block or ventricular paced rhythm. J Nucl Cardiol 2021 Jun;28(3):967-977

Date

05/31/2019

Pubmed ID

31144225

DOI

10.1007/s12350-019-01762-4

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85066781993 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   6 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Vasodilator stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is the provocative test of choice in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) or ventricular paced (V-paced) rhythm. The prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in these patients has not been studied.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 562 patients [mean age, 69 ± 11 years; men, 53.3%] with LBBB (50.7%) or V-paced rhythm (49.3%) who underwent regadenoson stress SPECT-MPI. There were 321 (57.1%) subjects with abnormal MPI and 192 (34.2%) with myocardial ischemia. During a mean follow-up of 2.5 ± 1.9 years, 39 (6.9%) patients had a major adverse cardiac event (MACE), defined as cardiac death or myocardial infarction. The annualized MACE rate in patients with normal MPI was 0.9% (LBBB, 0.8%; V-paced, 1.0%). There was a significant stepwise increase in MACE rates with increasing burdens of perfusion abnormality (P < 0.001) and myocardial ischemia (P = 0.001). Increased risk with abnormal MPI [adjusted hazard ratio, 4.26; P = 0.001] and myocardial ischemia [adjusted hazard ratio, 2.70; P = 0.003] was independent of and incremental to important clinical covariates. Abnormal MPI and myocardial ischemia predicted MACE similarly in both LBBB and V-paced subgroups (interaction P values > 0.05).

CONCLUSION: In patients with LBBB and V-paced rhythm, regadenoson stress SPECT-MPI provides independent and incremental prognostic value in predicting adverse cardiac events.

Author List

Iskander F, Iskander M, Gomez J, Doukky R

Author

Mina Iskander MBBS Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adenosine A2 Receptor Agonists
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bundle-Branch Block
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Exercise Test
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Purines
Pyrazoles
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon