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ArticleEJNMMI research2021

Quantitative SPECT/CT parameters of myocardial

Simona Ben-Haim, A Chicheportiche, E Goshen, M Arad, M Smekhov, L J Menezes, P M Elliott, E O'Mahoney, E Stern, Bella Yuzefovich and 1 more

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Article in EJNMMI research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Simona Ben-Haim *Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. simonabh@hadassah.org.il.
A Chicheportiche *Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
E GoshenWolfson Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
M AradChaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
M SmekhovChaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
L J MenezesNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Institute of Nuclear Medicine, London, UK.
P M ElliottNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Institute of Nuclear Medicine, London, UK.
E O'MahoneyNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Institute of Nuclear Medicine, London, UK.
E SternGE Healthcare, Haifa, Israel.
Bella YuzefovichGE Healthcare, Haifa, Israel.
J B BomanjiNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Institute of Nuclear Medicine, London, UK.
Hadassah Medical Center · ILSheba Medical Center · ILUCL Biomedical Research Centre · GBUniversity College London · GBTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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methodsTwenty-eight patients (25 male, age 80.03 ± 6.99 years) with suspected ATTR referred for Tc-DPD imaging had planar and SPECT/CT imaging of the chest. Three operators independently obtained Tc-DPD myocardial SUVmax and SUVmean above threshold (SMaT) (20, 40 and 60% of SUVmax), using a semi-automated threshold segmentation method. Results were compared to visual grading (0-3) of cardiac uptake.

resultsTwenty-two patients (78%) had cardiac uptake (2 grade 1, 15 grade 2, 5 grade 3). SUVmax and SMaT segmentation thresholds enabled separating grades 2/3 from 0/1 with excellent inter- and intra-reader correlation. Cut-off values 6.0, 2.5, 3 and 4 for SUVmax, SMaT

conclusionQuantitative SPECT/CT parameters of cardiac Tc-DPD uptake are robust, enabling separation of patients with grades 2 and 3 cardiac uptake from grades 0 and 1. Larger patient cohorts will determine the incremental value of SPECT/CT quantification for ATTR management.

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Amyloid heart diseaseImage analysisSPECTSPECT/CT quantitation

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PMID34487268
PMCPMC8421473
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