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J Nucl Cardiol ; 11(4): 440-9, 2004.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15295413

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BACKGROUND: Standard perfusion imaging may underestimate the extent of disease in 3-vessel coronary atherosclerosis. This study determined whether positron emission tomography quantification of perfusion reserve by use of rubidium 82 net retention defined a greater extent of disease than the standard approach in patients with 3-vessel disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: Rb-82 net retention was quantified as an estimation of absolute perfusion at rest and with dipyridamole stress by use of dynamic positron emission tomography imaging. The percent of abnormal myocardial sectors, as compared with a normal database, for a standard and quantification approach was determined. Twenty-three patients were evaluated. Defect sizes were larger in patients with 3-vessel disease (n = 13) by use of quantification methods: 44% +/- 18% of the myocardial sectors were abnormal by use of the standard approach versus 69% +/- 24% of sectors when measured by quantification of the stress-rest perfusion difference (P =.008). In patients with single-vessel disease (n = 10), defect sizes were smaller with quantification methods. CONCLUSIONS: Quantification of Rb-82 net retention to measure the stress-rest perfusion difference in the myocardium defined a greater extent of disease than the standard approach in this group of patients with triple-vessel disease. More accurate measurement of the extent of coronary artery disease could facilitate better risk stratification and identify more high-risk patients in whom aggressive intervention is required.


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Doença da Artéria Coronariana/classificação , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Interpretação de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Radioisótopos de Rubídio , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/classificação , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/diagnóstico por imagem , Idoso , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/complicações , Dipiridamol , Teste de Esforço , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Compostos Radiofarmacêuticos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão/métodos , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/etiologia
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