Pitfalls and bugs of nuclear and CT cardiac scans in an extremely obese patient: reasons for using conventional coronary angiography as first-line test

Pitfalls and bugs of nuclear and CT cardiac scans in an extremely obese patient: reasons for using conventional coronary angiography as first-line test

Description In October 2012, an asymptomatic 54-year-old man, with a body mass index (BMI) of 50 kg/m2, smoking habits, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and family history of coronary artery disease (CAD) presented to us for a clinical work out. Since these conditions indicate high risk of CAD, 1 he unde...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2013-05, Vol.2013, p.bcr2013009631
Hauptverfasser: Carboni, Gian Piero, Sedati, Pietro, De Marco, Emidio
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Sprache:eng
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Body mass index
Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease - complications
Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis
Coronary vessels
Europe (West)
Exercise Test
Humans
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Male
Medical imaging
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity, Morbid - complications
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:Description In October 2012, an asymptomatic 54-year-old man, with a body mass index (BMI) of 50 kg/m2, smoking habits, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and family history of coronary artery disease (CAD) presented to us for a clinical work out. Since these conditions indicate high risk of CAD, 1 he underwent exercise/rest sestamibi gated single-photon-emission cardiac tomography (G-SPECT).
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-009631