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Association between non-perfusion parameters and presence of ischemia in gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging studies.
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2018 April
BACKGROUND: Combined assessment of perfusion and function improves diagnostic and prognostic power of gated-SPECT in patients with coronary artery disease. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of stress-induced ischemia is associated with abnormal resting left ventricular (LV) function and intraventricular dyssynchrony.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) at rest and 15 min post-stress was performed in 101 patients, who were divided into three groups: those with stress-induced ischemia (Group 1, n = 58), those with normal scans (Group 2, n = 28), and those with scar but no ischemia (Group 3, n = 15). More extensive perfusion defects were found in patients of Groups 1 and 3 [Summed stress score (SSS): 13 ± 8 and 21 ± 9, respectively]. In Group 2, the mean SSS was 1.5. The mean change in LV ejection fraction (LVEF at stress - LVEF at rest) was higher in Group 1 v. Group 2 patients: -5.54% ± 6.24% vs -2.46% ± 5.56%, p = 0.02. Group 3 patients also had higher values, similar to Group 1: -6.47% ± 8.82%. Patients with ischemia had almost 50% higher end-diastolic volumes than patients with normal MPI. Similarly, end-systolic volumes were almost twice as high in this group (p < 0.0001). In addition, the histogram bandwidth, a measure of intraventricular dyssynchrony, was greater in Group 1.
CONCLUSIONS: Baseline differences in left ventricular volumes and degree of dyssynchrony are associated with inducible ischemia on stress testing in a gated-SPECT MPI. Stress-induced ischemia increases the degree of intraventricular dyssynchrony.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) at rest and 15 min post-stress was performed in 101 patients, who were divided into three groups: those with stress-induced ischemia (Group 1, n = 58), those with normal scans (Group 2, n = 28), and those with scar but no ischemia (Group 3, n = 15). More extensive perfusion defects were found in patients of Groups 1 and 3 [Summed stress score (SSS): 13 ± 8 and 21 ± 9, respectively]. In Group 2, the mean SSS was 1.5. The mean change in LV ejection fraction (LVEF at stress - LVEF at rest) was higher in Group 1 v. Group 2 patients: -5.54% ± 6.24% vs -2.46% ± 5.56%, p = 0.02. Group 3 patients also had higher values, similar to Group 1: -6.47% ± 8.82%. Patients with ischemia had almost 50% higher end-diastolic volumes than patients with normal MPI. Similarly, end-systolic volumes were almost twice as high in this group (p < 0.0001). In addition, the histogram bandwidth, a measure of intraventricular dyssynchrony, was greater in Group 1.
CONCLUSIONS: Baseline differences in left ventricular volumes and degree of dyssynchrony are associated with inducible ischemia on stress testing in a gated-SPECT MPI. Stress-induced ischemia increases the degree of intraventricular dyssynchrony.
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