Publications by authors named "Laima Gugiene"

Objective: To determine informativity of clinical variables in predicting significant coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain and normal stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.

Material And Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of data of coronary angiography performed in 84 patients with chest pain and normal stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy during 2000-2007. Single-photon emission computed tomography was performed following a one-day protocol (stress-rest).

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Unlabelled: The aim of this work was to estimate the impact of clinical variables on predicting stress myocardial perfusion abnormalities in patients with suspected coronary artery disease, abnormal resting electrocardiogram, and noninterpretable exercise test.

Material And Methods: The clinical variables and stress myocardial perfusion data were analyzed in 370 patients (157 males and 213 females) with suspected coronary artery disease and abnormal resting electrocardiogram. All patients underwent (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy following a one-day protocol (stress-rest).

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Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to establish characteristic clinical data in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion scans.

Material And Methods: 99mMIBI scintigraphy was performed following a one-day protocol (stress-rest) in 806 patients (out of them 451 men) with suspected or known coronary artery disease. A bicycle exercise test response was estimated as pathological, non-pathological, borderline and non-informative.

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