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ArticleNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2019

Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Thallium-201 Myocardial SPECT-CT in Patients with Angina Pectoris: Comparison with 2D Echocardiography.

Ji Young Kim, Hwan-Cheol Park, Soo Jeong Kim, Hyung Seok Chang, Hyung Jin Choi, Young Hwan Kim

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Ji Young Kim *1Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Republic of Korea.
Hwan-Cheol Park *2Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Republic of Korea.
Soo Jeong Kim3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181 Republic of Korea.
Hyung Seok Chang3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181 Republic of Korea.
Hyung Jin Choi4Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Young Hwan Kim3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181 Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6513-3846

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purposeLeft ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is an important parameter for assessing cardiac systolic function and predicting prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of assessing LVEF by Tl-201 hybrid myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT using two attenuation correction methods in patients with angina pectoris.

methodsA total of 339 patients with angina pectoris (62.8 ± 12.9 years, male:female = 206:133) were analyzed. All patients underwent Tl-201 myocardial SPECT/CT and transthoracic two-dimensional (2D) echocardiograph. We compared LVEF assessed by SPECT/CT using two attenuation correction methods: CT-based attenuation correction (CTAC) and non-attenuation correction (non-AC) methods and 2D echocardiography.

resultsLVEF assessed by either of the two attenuation correction techniques and 2D echocardiography showed moderate correlation in all patients with angina pectoris (

conclusionLVEF measured by the CTAC method of Tl-201-gated myocardial SPECT/CT was comparable with the conventional non-AC method in patients with angina pectoris and in the subgroup of patients with perfusion abnormality. Tl-201-gated myocardial hybrid SPECT/CT can be a reliable tool in the assessment of LVEF in clinic.

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Angina pectorisLeft ventricular ejection fractionMyocardial SPECT/CTThallium-201

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PMCPMC6473012

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