Single photon emission computed tomography with thallium-201 during adenosine-induced coronary hyperemia: Correlation with coronary arteriography, exercise thallium imaging and two-dimensional echocardiography

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-1097(90)90379-4· OSTI ID:6070092

Nguyen, T; Heo, J; Ogilby, J D; Iskandrian, A S ^[1]

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1. Philadelphia Heart Institute, PA (USA)

The feasibility, safety and diagnostic accuracy of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with thallium-201 imaging during adenosine-induced coronary hyperemia were evaluated in 53 patients with and 7 without coronary artery disease proved by coronary angiography. Adenosine was infused intravenously at a dose of 0.14 mg/kg body weight per min for 6 min and thallium was injected at 3 min. Adenosine caused an increase in heart rate (68 +/- 12 at baseline versus 87 +/- 18 beats/min at peak effect, p less than 0.0001) but no change in blood pressure. The sensitivity and specificity were 92% (95% confidence intervals 81% to 98%) and 100% (95% confidence intervals 59% to 100%), respectively; 20 (61%) of 33 patients with multivessel coronary artery disease were also correctly identified. In 30 patients, the predictive accuracy of adenosine thallium imaging was slightly higher than that of exercise SPECT thallium imaging (90% versus 80%, p = NS) (95% confidence intervals 72% to 97% and 61% to 92%, respectively). In 25 patients, two-dimensional echocardiography during adenosine infusion disclosed a new wall motion abnormality in 2 (10%) of 20 patients with coronary artery disease; 80% of these patients had reversible thallium defects (p less than 0.001). Side effects were mild and transient; aminophylline was used in only three patients. Thus, adenosine SPECT thallium imaging provides a high degree of accuracy in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The results are comparable with those of exercise SPECT thallium imaging. Most reversible defects in the adenosine study are not associated with any transient wall motion abnormality.

• OSTI ID: 6070092
• Journal Information: Journal of the American College of Cardiology; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the American College of Cardiology; (USA) Vol. 16:6; ISSN 0735-1097; ISSN JACCD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ACCURACY
ADENOSINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
EXERCISE
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
NUCLEOSIDES
NUCLEOTIDES
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RIBOSIDES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
THALLIUM 201
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
TOMOGRAPHY
ULTRASONOGRAPHY