TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability with technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile and thallium-201 rest redistribution in chronic coronary artery disease
AU - Rossetti, C.
AU - Landoni, C.
AU - Lucignani, G.
AU - Huang, G.
AU - Bartorelli, A. L.
AU - Guazzi, M. D.
AU - Margonato, A.
AU - Chierchia, S.
AU - Galli, L.
AU - Savi, A.
AU - Fazio, F.
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - We compare thallium-201 rest redistribution and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) for the assessment of myocardial viability within technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) perfusion defects in 27 patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease. The following studies were performed: (1) stress99mTc-MIBI, (2) rest99mTc-MIBI, (3)201T1 rest-redistribution single-photon emission tomography, (4) [18F]FDG positron emission tomography. The left ventricle was devided into 11 segments on matched tomographic images. The segment with the highest activity at stress was taken as the reference (activity=100%). Perfusion defects at99mTc-MIBI rest were classified as severe (activity18F]FDG and rest-redistributed201Tl were recognized as significant if they exceeded 50% of that in the reference segment. Among the 33 segments with severe99mTc-MIBI rest perfusion defects, 21 had significant [18F]FDG and 10 significant rest-redistributed201Tl uptake. As regards the 37 segments with moderate defects, [18F]FDG was present in 29 and201Tl in 31, while of the 134 segments with mild defects, 128 showed [18F]FDG uptake, and 131,201Tl uptake. In conclusion, there is an inverse relationship between the severity of99mTc-MIBI perfusion defects and the uptake of rest-redistributed201Tl and [18F]FDG. Both tracers are adequate markers of viability in mild and moderate defects; in severe defects201Tl might underestimate the presence of viability as assessed by [18F]FDG.
AB - We compare thallium-201 rest redistribution and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) for the assessment of myocardial viability within technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) perfusion defects in 27 patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease. The following studies were performed: (1) stress99mTc-MIBI, (2) rest99mTc-MIBI, (3)201T1 rest-redistribution single-photon emission tomography, (4) [18F]FDG positron emission tomography. The left ventricle was devided into 11 segments on matched tomographic images. The segment with the highest activity at stress was taken as the reference (activity=100%). Perfusion defects at99mTc-MIBI rest were classified as severe (activity18F]FDG and rest-redistributed201Tl were recognized as significant if they exceeded 50% of that in the reference segment. Among the 33 segments with severe99mTc-MIBI rest perfusion defects, 21 had significant [18F]FDG and 10 significant rest-redistributed201Tl uptake. As regards the 37 segments with moderate defects, [18F]FDG was present in 29 and201Tl in 31, while of the 134 segments with mild defects, 128 showed [18F]FDG uptake, and 131,201Tl uptake. In conclusion, there is an inverse relationship between the severity of99mTc-MIBI perfusion defects and the uptake of rest-redistributed201Tl and [18F]FDG. Both tracers are adequate markers of viability in mild and moderate defects; in severe defects201Tl might underestimate the presence of viability as assessed by [18F]FDG.
KW - Myocardial perfusion
KW - Myocardial viability
KW - Positron emission tomography
KW - Single-photon emission tomography
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U2 - 10.1007/BF00801618
DO - 10.1007/BF00801618
M3 - Article
C2 - 8575482
AN - SCOPUS:0028868617
VL - 22
SP - 1306
EP - 1312
JO - European Journal of Pediatrics
JF - European Journal of Pediatrics
SN - 0340-6199
IS - 11
ER -