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This study evaluated the gender related long-term prognostic value of adenosine perfusion and dobutamine wall motion imaging as assessed during a combined single-session stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) examination. In 717 patients a combined CMR stress examination was performed. Inducible perfusion deficits and wall motion abnormalities were identified visually. Clinical parameters were assessed at the time of the CMR examination. All patients were contacted to determine the occurrence of hard cardiac events (cardiac death, myocardial infarction) during a median follow-up period of 5.3 years. A complete combined CMR examination and follow-up data were available in 679 patients (471 men). A total of 77 hard cardiac events (63 in men) occurred during follow-up. Multivariate analysis revealed the presence of inducible perfusion deficits or wall motion abnormalities as independent predictors of hard cardiac events for both gender with an incremental value over conventional cardiovascular risk factors. In case of a negative stress test result, event-free survival was 100% in women for 4 years and >99% in men for 2 years after the CMR examination. CMR perfusion and wall motion testing are equally suited for cardiac risk stratification in men and women. Stress CMR negative women exhibited very low event rates up to 4 years following the examination, while in men annual event rates increased after the second year. Consequently, the generally proposed 2-year warranty period of non-invasive stress testing may be prolonged to a 4 year level in CMR stress testing negative women.
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Jahnke, C., Furundzija, V., Gebker, R. et al. Gender-based prognostic value of pharmacological cardiac magnetic resonance stress testing: head-to-head comparison of adenosine perfusion and dobutamine wall motion imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 28, 1087–1098 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-011-9919-x
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