Usefulness of automated assessment of nuclear cardiology for prediction of major cardiac events in Japanese patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease: Comparison with conventional visual assessment in a large-scale prognostic study

摘要

Background: There are no reports indicating that automated quantification with a total perfusion deficit (TPD) is used to predict future cardiac events in Japanese patients. We, therefore, aimed to determine the prognostic value of the automated assessment with the TPD for risk stratification of major cardiac events (MCEs) in Japanese patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).