RISK STRATIFICATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION IN THE ELDERLY - THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY AND RADIONUCLIDEVENTRICULOGRAPHY

Radionuclide ventriculography (cineangiography) and myocardial perfusi on scintigraphy provide information about prognosis in elderly patient s with coronary artery disease. However, the prognostic utility of the se techniques after myocardial infarction has received limited attenti on in the elderly. Studies have shown that left ventricular ejection f raction at rest, determined using radionuclide ventriculography, can p redict subsequent cardiac events in this high-risk subgroup. Additiona l research in this patient population is needed to validate the progno stic utility of exercise and pharmacological stress in conjunction wit h this and other nuclear imaging techniques.