Quantitative Thallium-201 exercise scintigraphy for detection of coronary artery disease
In 140 patients with chest pain quantitation of regional myocardial Tl-201 activity was performed by serial scintigraphic images after treadmill exercise. Criteria for an abnormal thallium scintigram included: (a) greater than or equal to 25% persistent reduction in Tl-201 uptake in anterolateral, anteroseptal, posterolateral, and inferoapical segments, or greater than or equal to 35% reduction in the inferior segment; (b) an initial defect with delayed redistribution; and (c) abnormal Tl-201 washout. Of 110 patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD), 100 had abnormal Tl-201 scintigrams, while 27 of 30 patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries had normal scintigrams; 91% sensitivity, 90% specificity, and 97% predictive accuracy. Sensitivity and specificity were not significantly different when the 95 patients with diagnostic (greater than or equal to 85% maximum heart rate) and 45 with inconclusive (less than or equal to 85% maximum HR) Ex tests were compared. Comparison of qualitative and quantitative image analyses in a subset of these patients showed that both specificity and multivessel disease prediction were greater when the quantitative approach was used (90 against 73% and 78 against 39%, respectively). Sensitivity for CAD detection was reduced by 10% with visual interpretation alone. Thus, quantitative exercise Tl-201 scintigraphy appears highly sensitive and specific for CAD detection in patients with chest pain.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville
- OSTI ID:
- 6455216
- Journal Information:
- J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 22:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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