myocardial perfusion imaging
Negative predictive value and potential cost savings of acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in low risk patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: A prospective single blinded study
... To overcome these problems, several new diagnostic methods have been suggested [6], e.g. echocardiography [7], multidetector CT scanning [8] and nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) [9]. Acute ...
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Bilateral coronary artery to pulmonary trunk fistulae detected by coronary angiography and evaluated by ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: report of two cases
... tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using radioactive agents is widely used in clinical practice for cardiac ischaemia detection as a very sensitive and non-invasive ...fistula, ...
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The effect of pomegranate juice, lemon juice and secanjabin in reducing infra-cardiac activity of 99mTc-MIBI during myocardial perfusion imaging in comparison with fatty food
... The effect of pomegranate juice, lemon juice and secanjabin in reducing infra-cardiac activity of 99m Tc-MIBI during myocardial perfusion imaging in comparison with fatty food.. Mahdi [r] ...
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Revascularization and outcomes in Veterans with moderate to severe ischemia on myocardial perfusion imaging
... Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), which detects myo- cardial ischemia, is reliable at detecting obstructive coron- ary artery disease (CAD) ...of myocardial ischemia, co- hort evidence ...
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Early Detection of Myocardial Damages for Patients with Chest Pain and Non-Diagnostic ECG in Emergency Department by Rest Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A Preliminary Study
... Rest myocardial perfusion imaging was carried out by using a dual-head gamma camera (Vertex ADAC plus) equipped with low energy high-resolution ...to imaging guidelines. Without any delay, ...
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High negative predictive value of workload ≥7 METS on exercise testing in patients with normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging: Was imaging really required?
... High negative predictive value of workload ≥7 METS on exercise testing in patients with normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging:?. Was imaging really required1[r] ...
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Update on myocardial perfusion imaging: role of regadenoson
... stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a noninvasive method for the evaluation of coronary artery disease in patients unable to exercise ...Keywords: myocardial perfusion ...
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Myocardial perfusion imaging: Lessons learned and work to be done-update
... only imaging when applicable, newer SPECT hard-wares and soft wares, PET imaging, and more importantly appropriate ...cardiology imaging to patient management which explains why despite all new ...
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Three dimensional first pass myocardial perfusion imaging at 3T: feasibility study
... Figure 5 shows representative 3D perfusion images from one subject, at pre-contrast, RV enhancement, LV enhancement, and myocardial enhancement. Overall image quality is excellent due to high SNR and ...
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Two-day stress-rest lower limbs perfusion scan in patients referred for myocardial perfusion imaging
... In our study we evaluated all quantitative indices of lower limbs perfusion scan, separately for patients with exercise and dipyridamole stress modalities and for subgro[r] ...
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A review of the issues surrounding incidental findings on CT attenuation correction (CTAC ) images during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
... hybrid imaging. An example of hybrid imaging would be in the combination of single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) and computerised tomography ...one imaging session and, as such, minimises image ...
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Diagnostic usefulness of myocardial perfusion imaging in patients reluctant to undergo angiography
... A large retrospective study of ∼ 11,000 patients who underwent exercise or pharmacologic SPECT MPI without a prior history of myocardial infarction or previous revascu- larization was followed for ∼ 2 years. Based ...
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Quantitative three dimensional cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging in systole and diastole
... A further limitation of conventional 2D-perfusion CMR is that each slice is acquired in a different period of the cardiac cycle. Two recent quantitative studies have shown a significant difference in MBF estimates ...
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Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Versus Visual Analysis in Diagnosing Myocardial Ischemia
... Key words: cardiovascular magnetic resonance, myocardial ischaemia, quantitative myocardial perfusion, diagnostic accuracy Abbreviations AHA = American heart association AIF = arterial i[r] ...
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Cardiovascular risk assessment in diabetes
... population. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with SPECT is most commonly applied to identify patients with CAD and can accurately identify patients at increased cardiovascular risk ...
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The effect of patient anxiety and depression on motion during myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging
... The patient’s anxiety has been considered another cause of the patient’s psychological and physical discom- fort and thus contributing to patient’s motion during MPI and other imaging modalities [3]. Anxiety is ...
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Simultaneous Quantitative Cardio Oncology Imaging Now Possible Using FMTVDM
... a) heart disease (myocardial perfusion imaging; MPI) and b) breast cancer (molecular breast imaging; MBI). The stipu- lated requirement for the investigation and development of this method ...
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Comparison of plasma leptin levels in patients with normal, low and high risk myocardial perfusion scan [Persian]
... Conclusion: Serum leptin level shows no correlation with coronary artery disease risk category or factors (excluding BMI). Key words: Leptin, Myocardial perfusion imaging, BMI[r] ...
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Thallium-201: An Agent for Myocardial Perfusion and Viability Imaging
... Myocardial perfusion imaging (MN) was first viewed as an alternative to coronary angiography for detecting coronary artery disease ...of myocardial ischaemia and detection of viable ...
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Clinical Utility of N 13 Ammonia Cardiac PET Perfusion Imaging in the Assessment of Epicardial Coronary Lesions of Intermediate Range
... risk myocardial perfusion defects which prognosticate the future ischemic cardiac events, on Positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) of intermediate ...
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