Prognostic Value of Rb-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center57 enrolled

Overview

The physician would like to see if nuclear cardiac stress tests can predict cardiac health. For example, if a patient has an abnormal stress test, is he or she more likely to have cardiac problems in the future?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Cardiac Health

Interventions

questionnaireOTHER

Patients will complete one questionnaire over the phone. We will ask patients to describe their cardiac history since Rb-82 PET (chest pain, shortness of breath, cardiac catheterization, and heart attack). This information will be correlated to the scan results and other relevant information in the patient's medical record.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient \> or = to 18 years of age * Registered patient at MSKCC * Patient with one or more 82Rb myocardial perfusion stress tests performed at MSKCC, 2008-2011 Exclusion Criteria: * Patient is unwilling to participate

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

correlate scan findings with clinical outcomes

Patients will complete one questionnaire over the phone.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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