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  • The study investigates the use of a cadmium zinc telluride camera for measuring myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) in patients with severe coronary artery disease, highlighting its diagnostic and prognostic benefits.* -
  • Researchers assessed MPR in 23 patients through dynamic SPECT imaging, comparing results from stress and rest conditions, and correlated these with coronary angiography findings.* -
  • Results showed a strong correlation between global MPR and the extent of arterial obstruction, indicating that both regional flow metrics were significantly tied to the severity of stenosis and fractional flow reserve measures.*

Article Abstract

Unlabelled: Quantification of myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) is an emerging topic in nuclear cardiology with an expected diagnostic and prognostic incremental value, especially for patients with severe coronary artery disease. The advent of new dedicated solid-state cameras has opened new perspectives for perfusion quantitation in SPECT. We appraised the feasibility of perfusion reserve estimation using a cadmium zinc telluride camera in a cohort of multivessel patients and its pertinence with respect to angiographic data.

Methods: Twenty-three patients with known multivessel coronary artery disease were prospectively enrolled. Dynamic SPECT acquisitions using (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin at rest and after vasodilator stress were performed using a dedicated cadmium zinc telluride camera. Reconstructed frames were automatically segmented to extract the vascular input function and the myocardial uptake curve. One-compartment kinetic modeling was used to estimate global and regional uptake values, and then myocardial blood flow was derived using the Renkin-Crone equation. Global and regional MPR was assessed using flow difference (stress - rest) and flow ratio (stress/rest). All patients underwent control coronary angiography within 4 wk, which served as the reference for MPR index assessment. Relevant angiographic findings included maximal stenosis and (for a subgroup of 26 vessels) invasive measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR). A stenosis was considered obstructive if greater than 50% and an FFR abnormal if lower than 0.8.

Results: Global MPR correlated well with number of obstructed vessels (P < 0.001). After multivariate analysis, both regional flow ratio and flow difference were significantly associated with maximal stenosis (P < 0.001) and FFR (P < 0.001). Regional MPR indices were significantly different in obstructed and nonobstructed vessels (P < 0.001) and in vessels with normal and abnormal FFR (P < 0.001). With a cutoff of 2, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of regional flow ratio were, respectively, 80%, 85%, and 81% for the detection of obstructed vessels and 89%, 82%, and 85% for the detection of abnormal FFR.

Conclusion: Scintigraphic estimations of global and regional MPR in multivessel patients using a cadmium zinc telluride camera appear to correlate well with invasive angiographic findings, including maximal stenosis and FFR measurements.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.114.143164DOI Listing

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