Physiological assessment of sensitivity of noninvasive testing for coronary artery disease

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Circulation; (USA)

OSTI ID:5642759

Simonetti, I; Rezai, K; Rossen, J D; Winniford, M D; Talman, C L; Hollenberg, M; Kirchner, P T; Marcus, M L ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Pisa, (Italy)

The sensitivity of three noninvasive tests for coronary artery disease was assessed by means of quantitative indexes of disease severity in three different groups of patients. The overall population consisted of 110 subjects with limited coronary artery disease and no myocardial infarction. Planar dipyridamole-{sup 201}Tl scintigraphy was evaluated in 31 patients, computer-assisted exercise treadmill in 28, and high-dose dipyridamole echocardiography testing in 51. Sensitivity was assessed by rigorous gold standards to define disease severity, such as measurement of minimum cross-sectional area and percent area of stenosis, by quantitative computerized coronary angiography (Brown/Dodge method). On the basis of the results of previous studies, the presence of physiologically significant coronary artery disease was indicated by a stenotic minimum cross-sectional area (MCSA) of less than 2.0 mm{sup 2} or a greater than 75% area of stenosis. With MCSA as the gold standard, dipyridamole-{sup 201}Tl scintigraphy, computerized exercise treadmill, and dipyridamole echocardiography testing showed sensitivities of 52%, 54%, and 61%, respectively, in the three different patient cohorts enrolled. With percent area of stenosis as the gold standard, the sensitivity figures obtained for dipyridamole-{sup 201}Tl, computerized exercise treadmill, and dipyridamole echocardiography testing were 64%, 54%, and 69%, respectively. For each of the three tests, sensitivity increased with increasing lesion severity. Sensitivity was also better in patients with left anterior descending coronary (LAD) disease when compared with patients with left circumflex or right coronary artery disease. Results of these studies demonstrate that in patients with limited coronary artery disease none of the tests evaluated is definitely superior in sensitivity.

• OSTI ID: 5642759
• Journal Information: Circulation; (USA), Journal Name: Circulation; (USA) Vol. 83:5 Suppl; ISSN 0009-7322; ISSN CIRCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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