| Improvement of diagnosis in the non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease: enhanced evaluation of quantitative exercise 201thallium imaging by multivariate analysis. | |
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PMID: 2085835 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate discriminant analysis, performed in patients without prior myocardial infarction, in enhancing the diagnostic value of quantitative exercise 201thallium scintigraphy. DESIGN: All clinical, electrocardiographic, and scintigraphic variables were first subjected to a univariate analysis. Afterwards a discriminant analysis was done. PATIENTS: 135 patients (104 male) were studied. Age was 24-70 years, mean 55 years. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Two discriminant analyses were done. In the first analysis, the ability to detect the presence of coronary artery disease was tested. Significant variables were: (1) history of angina, (2) sex, (3) quantitative analysis of 201thallium scintigraphy, (4) age, (5) ischaemic ST response, (6) angina during the test, and (7) the pressure-rate product. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of classification using the discriminant function were 91%, 87%, and 90%, respectively. The sensitivity was higher than when using only visual interpretation (sensitivity 70%; p less than 0.0002) or quantitative interpretation (sensitivity = 66%; p less than 0.0001) of thallium scans, without significant loss of specificity (p less than 0.5488; p less than 0.6875). In the second analysis, a discriminant function was calculated to detect multivessel disease. Five input variables were selected: (1) number of vessels with stenosis predicted by quantitative analysis, (2) number of vessels with stenosis predicted by visual analysis, (3) ischaemic ST response, (4) sex, (5) angina during the test. Multivariate analysis showed an increase in sensitivity when compared with visual interpretation (78% v 55%; p less than 0.0043) and quantitative analysis (66%; p less than 0.0156). Using the classification, the discriminant function was more accurate than visual analysis (81% v 69%) or quantitative analysis (77%). CONCLUSIONS: The results show that multivariate analysis of non-invasive test results in quantitative thallium exercise testing allows convenient use for clinical purposes with improved results. |
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Authors:
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M G Niemeyer; A H Zwinderman; M J Cramer; E E van der Wall; F J Verzijlbergen; A Breeman; C A Ascoop; E K Pauwels |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Cardiovascular research Volume: 24 ISSN: 0008-6363 ISO Abbreviation: Cardiovasc. Res. Publication Date: 1990 Oct |
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Created Date: 1991-05-22 Completed Date: 1991-05-22 Revised Date: 2010-03-24 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0077427 Medline TA: Cardiovasc Res Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 804-12 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands. |
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Adult Aged Coronary Disease / diagnosis, radionuclide imaging* Discriminant Analysis Electrocardiography Exercise Test* Female Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Predictive Value of Tests Sensitivity and Specificity Thallium Radioisotopes / diagnostic use* |
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0/Thallium Radioisotopes |
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