Improved specificity of myocardial thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with left bundle branch block by dipyridamole

Journal Article · Thu Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · American Journal of Cardiology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(91)90786-K· OSTI ID:5265060

Burns, R J; Galligan, L; Wright, L M; Lawand, S; Burke, R J; Gladstone, P J ^[1]

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1. Toronto Hospital, Ontario (Canada)

Reduced septal uptake of thallium-201 during exercise is frequently observed in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and normal coronary arteries. This may reflect normal coronary autoregulation in response to lower septal oxygen demand; thus, dipyridamole, which uniformly exploits flow reserve, would be more accurate for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Sixteen patients with LBBB underwent exercise and dipyridamole thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography and coronary angiography within 3 months. Sensitivity for detection of left anterior descending CAD (greater than 50% stenosis) was 0.83 for exercise and 1.00 for dipyridamole. Specificity was 0.30 (visual) or 0.20 (quantitative analysis) for exercise and 0.80 (visual) or 0.90 (quantitative) for dipyridamole (p less than 0.05). Dipyridamole combined with quantitative analysis also improved specificity of CAD detection overall (p less than 0.01). These data demonstrate that pharmacologic vasodilation is more accurate than exercise when diagnosing CAD by myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients with LBBB.

• OSTI ID: 5265060
• Journal Information: American Journal of Cardiology; (United States), Journal Name: American Journal of Cardiology; (United States) Vol. 68:5; ISSN 0002-9149; ISSN AJCDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DRUGS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
EXERCISE
HEART
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MUSCLES
MYOCARDIUM
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
SPECIFICITY
THALLIUM 201
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
TOMOGRAPHY
VASODILATORS