Prognostic Stratification of Obese Patients by Stress 99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Jeroen J. Bax¹  Roelf Valkema¹  Elena Biagini¹  Arend F.L. Schinkel¹  Abdou Elhendy¹  Ron T. van Domburg¹  Don Poldermans¹ 

关键词: obesity;    radionuclide imaging;    coronary artery disease;    prognosis;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Obesity is a major heath problem associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. There are currently no data to support a role for stress imaging techniques in the risk stratification of obese patients. The aim of this study was to assess the independent value of stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT in predicting mortality and hard cardiac events in obese patients. Methods: We studied 265 patients with a body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2 by exercise or dobutamine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion tomography. Endpoints during follow-up were cardiac death and death of any cause. Results: The mean patient age (±SD) was 59 ± 10 y, and 110 of the patients were men (42%). The mean body mass index was 37 ± 7 kg/m2. Scan findings were normal in 113 patients (43%). Myocardial perfusion abnormalities were fixed in 62 patients (23%) and reversible in 90 patients (34%). During a mean follow-up period of 5.5 ± 2 y, 41 patients (15%) died. Death was considered cardiac in 22 patients (8%). Nonfatal myocardial infarction occurred in 20 patients (7.5%). The annual cardiac death rate was 0.6% in patients with normal perfusion and 3.3% in patients with abnormal perfusion. Patients with a multiple-vessel distribution of abnormalities had a higher cardiac death rate than did patients with a single-vessel distribution (4.1% vs. 2.5%, P < 0.05). The annual mortality rate was 1.3% in patients with normal perfusion and 4.2% in patients with abnormal perfusion. In a multivariate analysis, perfusion abnormalities were independently predictive of cardiac mortality (risk ratio, 3.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.5–6.7) and overall mortality (risk ratio, 2.7; 95% confidence interval, 1.4–4.3). Conclusion: Stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging is a useful tool for predicting cardiac and overall mortality in obese patients.

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