Background: The European Society of Cardiology has published updated guidelines regarding pathways for diagnosis and management of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Non-invasive functional assessment, for example, by stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (stress pCMR) is recommended in patients with intermediate pretest probability of disease. Previous pCMR studies were mainly performed in high volume university hospitals with experienced radiologists or cardiologists interpreting the images.
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a stress pCMR imaging service in a district hospital.
Material And Methods: One hundred and thirteen patients with intermediate pretest probability of CAD referred for single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) at the regional hospital also underwent adenosine stress pCMR locally. The diagnostic analysis was compared to that of an experienced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) center serving as a reference.
Results: Inter-rater agreement between local readers and the reference reader was substantial to perfect for late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) (weighted kappa = 0.76 and 0.82), but only fair to moderate for pCMR ( = 0.34 and 0.51). No improvement in agreement between reference reader and local reader during the study was demonstrated.
Conclusion: CMR is feasible in patients with intermediate pretest probability of obstructive CAD in the setting of a district hospital. However, as opposed to infarct detection with LGE, the interpretation of stress pCMR was more challenging. To establish this method, we suggest obtaining experience in close collaboration with a reference CMR center.
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