Publications by authors named "Paola Emanuela Smanio"
Background: Some patients present an overestimated left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) on electrocardiogram-gated myocardial scintigraphy (gated SPECT).
Objective: To establish the relationship between biological factors and overestimated LVEF.
Methods: We selected 3838 patients who underwent gated SPECT between May 20, 2000 and September 16, 2005 with normal perfusion images and LVEF > or =50%.
Objectives: To establish the degree of association between cardiovascular risk factors and the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a group of patients undergoing myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS).
Methods: The study included 7183 patients who had undergone MPS. Using logistic regression analysis the odds ratios for the following risk factors were evaluated: age, gender, family history, body mass index, smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus (DM) and systemic hypertension.
Objective: To establish when the myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) should be performed based on well-defined information obtained from treadmill test results and clinical-epidemiological parameters for coronary artery disease (CAD).
Methods: 2,100 patients who underwent MPS were classified according to the results of scintigraphy, the Duke score and a clinical-epidemiological score based on Framingham study. The patients with positive results on MPS were followed to define whether the results were true positives.
Objective: To assess the clinical significance of transient ischemic dilation of the left ventricle during myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with stress/rest sestamibi.
Methods: The study retrospectively analyzed 378 patients who underwent myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with stress/rest sestamibi, 340 of whom had a low probability of having ischemia and 38 had significant transient defects. Transient ischemic dilation was automatically calculated using Autoquant software.