ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2006
Myocardial perfusion defects with near-to-absent count reduction: a comparison of gated SPECT to radionuclide ventriculography in the determination of left ventricular function.
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- The impacts of severe perfusion defects, akinetic/dyskinetic segments, and viable myocardium on the accuracy of volumes and LVEF measured by gated ⁹⁹mTc-MIBI SPECT and gated ¹⁸F-FDG PET in patients with left ventricular aneurysm: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as the reference.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2014Article
- Left ventricular aneurysm in the scope of gated perfusion SPECT: accuracy of detection and ejection fraction calculation.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2008Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe main aim of the study was, to estimate the impact of perfusion defects including significantly depleted areas of varying size on gated perfusion SPECT (GPS) determined ejection fraction (EF) measurements in comparison to radionuclide ventriculography (RVG). A secondary objective was the evaluation of the GPS-RVG agreement of EF in patients with normal and deteriorated left ventricular function, separately.
methodsFifty-nine patients having perfusion defects including at least one segment with no visible tracer uptake in rest myocardial GPS related to myocardial infarction (older than 15 days) were studied. Myocardial perfusion was visually analyzed using a 17 segment-model, on a five-point (0-4) grading system in which Grade-4 (0-9% maximal uptake) represents cold defects. The patients with >or=4 adjacent, with 2-3 adjacent and with 1 single cold segments were named as Group1(GR1), Group2(GR2) and Group3(GR3), respectively. Secondly, the patients were re-grouped according to RVG-EF values. (Group A: patients with EF<50%; Group B: patients with EF>or=50%). In each group, the GPS-EFs were compared with RVG performed within one week and also the variations of GPS-RVG EF differences among the groups were statistically analyzed.
resultsIn overall (r=0.86) and in each subgroup, EFs obtained by GPS were well correlated with RVG. However, in overall (difference mean EF% [dEF%]=4.6+/-6.7, p<0.001) as well as in subgroup evaluation, GPS significantly (p<0.005) underestimated EF. There was no statistically significant difference in GPS-RVG EF variations between GR1, GR2 and GR3 (p>0.05). The RVG-mean differences and RVG-correlation coefficients calculated for GR1,GR2 and GR3 were dEF%=3.1+/-4.6, r=0.85; dEF%=3.7+/-6.03, r=0.80 and dEF%=6.2+/-8.03, r=0.79, respectively. Mean dEF% was statistically higher in group-B than group-A (mean difference of dEF%=4,2, p<0.05). In group-A, GPS-EF values were better agreed with RVG (dEF%=3.34, r=0.75) than in group-B (dEF%=7.52, r=0.53).
conclusionThe stability of the calculation algorithm of QGS in EF calculation of patients with large depleted infarct areas could be confirmed. The agreement of GPS determined EF is higher in patients having myocardial integrity loss and left ventricular dysfunction.
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