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Multicenter trial of high-speed versus conventional single-photon emission computed tomography imaging: quantitative results of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20430269     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: This prospective, multicenter trial compared quantitative results of myocardial perfusion imaging and function using a high-speed single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system with those obtained with conventional SPECT. BACKGROUND: A novel SPECT camera was shown in a pilot study to detect a similar amount of myocardial perfusion abnormality compared with conventional SPECT in one-seventh of the acquisition time. METHODS: A total of 238 patients underwent myocardial perfusion imaging with conventional and high-speed SPECT at 4 U.S. centers. An additional 63 patients with a low pre-test likelihood of coronary artery disease underwent myocardial perfusion imaging with both technologies to develop method- and sex-specific normal limits. Rest/stress acquisition times were, respectively, 20/15 min and 4/2 min for conventional and high-speed SPECT. Stress and rest quantitative total perfusion deficit, post-stress left ventricular end-diastolic volume, and ejection fraction were derived for the 238 patients by the 2 methods. RESULTS: High-speed stress and rest total perfusion deficit correlated linearly with conventional SPECT total perfusion deficit (r = 0.95 and 0.97, respectively, p < 0.0001), with good concordance in the 3 vascular territories (kappa statistics for the left anterior descending coronary artery, left circumflex coronary artery, and right coronary artery were 0.73, 0.73, and 0.70, respectively; >90% agreement). The percentage of ischemic myocardium by both imaging modalities was significantly larger in patients with a high coronary artery disease likelihood than in those with a low and intermediate likelihood (p < 0.001). The average amount of ischemia was slightly but significantly larger by high-speed SPECT compared with conventional SPECT in high-likelihood patients (4.6 +/- 4.6% vs. 3.9 +/- 4.0%, respectively; p < 0.05). Post-stress ejection fraction and end-diastolic volume by the 2 methods were linearly correlated (r = 0.89 and 0.97, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The high-speed SPECT technology provides quantitative measures of myocardial perfusion and function comparable to those with conventional SPECT in one-seventh of the acquisition time.
Authors:
Tali Sharir; Piotr J Slomka; Sean W Hayes; Marcelo F DiCarli; Jack A Ziffer; William H Martin; Dalia Dickman; Simona Ben-Haim; Daniel S Berman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American College of Cardiology     Volume:  55     ISSN:  1558-3597     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-30     Completed Date:  2010-05-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8301365     Medline TA:  J Am Coll Cardiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1965-74     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / radionuclide imaging*
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / instrumentation*,  methods
Prospective Studies
Stroke Volume
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / instrumentation*,  methods
Ventricular Function, Left
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J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 May 4;55(18):1975-8   [PMID:  20430270 ]

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