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Observational studyArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2019

Myocardial Perfusion by Coronary Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Myocardial Ischemia: Simultaneous Stress Protocol with SPECT.

Wilter Dos Santos Ker, Daniel Gama das Neves, Tiago Augusto Magalhães, Alair Augusto Sarmet M D Dos Santos, Claudio Tinoco Mesquita, Marcelo Souto Nacif

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Observational study in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Wilter Dos Santos KerHospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Niterói, RJ - Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5367-7897
Daniel Gama das NevesUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ - Brazil.
Tiago Augusto MagalhãesComplexo Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (CHC-UFPR), Curitiba, PR - Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7232-4552
Alair Augusto Sarmet M D Dos SantosHospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Niterói, RJ - Brazil.
Claudio Tinoco MesquitaHospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Niterói, RJ - Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1466-9413
Marcelo Souto NacifHospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Niterói, RJ - Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2791-8375

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFunctional assessment to rule out myocardial ischemia using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is extremely important and data on the Brazilian population are still limited.

objectiveTo assess the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion by CCTA in the detection of severe obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT). To analyze the importance of anatomical knowledge to understand the presence of myocardial perfusion defects on SPECT imaging that is not identified on computed tomography (CT) scan.

methodA total of 35 patients were evaluated by a simultaneous pharmacologic stress protocol. Fisher's exact test was used to compare proportions. The patients were grouped according to the presence or absence of significant CAD. The area under the ROC curve was used to identify the diagnostic performance of CCTA and SPECT in perfusion assessment. P < 0.05 values were considered statistically significant.

resultsFor detection of obstructive CAD, CT myocardial perfusion analysis yielded an area under the ROC curve of 0.84 [a 95% confidence interval (CI95%): 0.67-0.94, p < 0.001]. SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, on the other hand, showed an AUC of 0.58 (95% CI 0.40 - 0.74, p < 0.001). In this study, false-positive results with SPECT are described.

conclusionMyocardial perfusion analysis by CTA displays satisfactory results compared to SPECT in the detection of obstructive CAD. CCTA can rule out false-positive results of SPECT.

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CineangiographyComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingMyocardial Reperfusion InjuryROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

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