Quantitative myocardial perfusion 82 Rb-PET assessed by hybrid PET/coronary-CT: Normal values and diagnostic performance

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology : Official Publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Martin T FreitagFederico Caobelli

Abstract

We aimed to assess normal values for quantified myocardial blood flow (MBF) on a hybrid PET/coronary-CT scanner and to test their diagnostic performance in patients with suspected CAD. Patients underwent 82Rb-PET/CT and integrated CT-based coronary angiography (CCTA) and were classified as normal (no stenosis), with non-obstructive stenosis (< 50%) and with CAD (≥ 50%). Global and regional stress MBF (sMBF), rest MBF and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) were calculated. Ischemia was defined as SDS ≥ 2, severe ischemia as SDS ≥ 7. 357 consecutive patients were included. Global sMBF and MFR were higher in normal patients than in patients with CAD (3.61 ± 0.71 vs 3.04 ± 0.77, P < 0.0001; 3.08 ± 0.84 vs 2.68 ± 0.79, P = 0.0001), but not different compared to patients with non-obstructive stenosis (3.61 ± 0.71 vs 3.43 ± 0.69, P = 0.052; 3.08 ± 0.84 vs 2.99 ± 0.82, P = 0.45). sMBF yielded superior accuracy over MFR in identifying both ischemia (AUC 0.74 vs 0.62, P = 0.003) and severe ischemia (AUC 0.88 vs 0.78, P = 0.012). Optimal threshold for global sMBF to rule out myocardial ischemia was 3.5 mL g-1 min-1. Normal quantitative values are provided. Global sMBF provided higher diagnostic accuracy than MFR. Using sMBF-threshold of 3.5 mL...Continue Reading

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Oct 2, 2020·Journal of Nuclear Cardiology : Official Publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology·Sergey V Nesterov, Juhani M Knuuti

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