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Title: Thallium-201 SPECT in coronary artery disease patients with left bundle branch block

Journal Article · · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7095148

Fourteen patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) underwent immediate postexercise and 3-hr delayed /sup 201/Tl single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with quantitative analysis using bullseye polar maps. Test performance in detecting individual coronary artery stenosis greater than or equal to 50% demonstrated 100% sensitivity. Specificity was 100% for circumflex stenosis, 78% for right coronary stenosis, but only 10% for left anterior descending coronary stenosis. This very low specificity was due to the fact that 3/4 (75%) patients with left anterior descending stenosis and also 9/10 (90%) patients with normal left anterior descending coronary arteries had immediate septal perfusion defects with redistribution in all cases at 3 hr. Septal abnormalities were most marked in patients who achieved high peak heart rates (greater than 170 bpm). Thus, with LBBB, /sup 201/Tl SPECT is indeterminate for left anterior descending coronary disease.

Research Organization:
Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7095148
Journal Information:
J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 29:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English