Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy
Small average differences in attenuation corrected images between men and women in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a novel normal stress database
... incorporation of attenuation-corrected (AC) images in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) will improve image quality, interpretive certainty, and diagnostic accuracy. However, commonly used ...
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Comparison of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and computed tomography (CT) angiography based on conventional coronary angiography
... severe myocardial damage oc- curred. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) and computed tomography coronary angiogra- phy (CTCA) which evaluates regional myocardial perfusion ...
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Evaluation of inter-departmental variability of ejection fraction and cardiac volumes in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy using simulated data
... Background: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) is a clinically useful noninvasive imaging modality for diagnosing patients with suspected coronary artery ...
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When is reacquisition necessary due to high extra-cardiac uptake in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy?
... Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) is widely regarded as a clinically useful noninvasive imaging method for the diagnosis of suspected coronary artery disease, identification of culprit lesions ...
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A study of demographic and clinical features of patients referred to the nuclear medicine department of a military hospital for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
... The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the clinical features and risk factors of patients referred for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy to a military hospital.. Methods: As [r] ...
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EANM procedural guidelines for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy using cardiac-centered gamma cameras
... assessing myocardial counts normalized to injected activities in humans for the Alcyone technology and standard SPECT ...of myocardial contours on human images (in cm −1 , ...
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Perfusion vector—a new method to quantify myocardial perfusion scintigraphy images: a simulation study with validation in patients
... stress perfusion vectors were compared between normal patients and four different groups of abnormal patients (apical, inferior, anterior, and lateral ischemia or infarction) for the x-, y-, and z- ...
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Benefits of combined pharmacologic and submaximal exercise stress on Sub-diaphragmatic activity in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
... Therefore, the main purpose of our study was to assess sub-diaphragmatic activity changes, and to identify the ratio of cardiac uptake to sub-diaphragmatic viscera (liver and[r] ...
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Prognosis of patients without perfusion defects with and without rest study in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
... Results: A total of 3,426 patients with a normal perfusion study were included. Of these, 2,215 patients had a stress-only study and 1,211 patients had both stress and rest studies. Mean follow-up was 6.2 years. ...
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Effects of depression on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy [Persian]
... Heart rate variability in patients with coronary artery disease: differences in patients with higher and lower depression scores. Everson SA, Goldberg DE, Kaplan GA, Cohen RD, Pukkal[r] ...
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The myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in asymptomatic diabetic patients
... Prevalence and prognostic value of perfusion defects detected by stress technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in asy[r] ...
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Evaluation of myocardial perfusion and function after kidney transplantation by Gated SPECT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
... Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of successful kidney transplantation (KT) on myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by b[r] ...
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Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score – a prognostic tool in coronary artery disease?
... Calcium score measurement in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, may be useful in risk stratification of the patients.. Further prospective studies with [r] ...
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Myocardial blood flow assessment with myocardial perfusion scan in patients with coronary artery chronic total occlusion
... Introduction and purpose: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cardiological problem in modern society. A special form of CAD is the Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), which affects about 20% of visible coronary artery ...
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UK perspective on the changing landscape of non-invasive cardiac testing
... Methods 159 acute National Health Service trusts were served Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to provide total numbers of CTCA and functional imaging tests for each financial year from 2011–2012 to 2016–2017. ...
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Bedside myocardial perfusion assessment with contrast echocardiography
... normal myocardial blood flow, 90 % of the cor- onary circulation resides within the myocardial capillar- ies and RBCs travel at approximately 1 mm/s at ...2). Myocardial blood flow is considered the ...
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Cardiovascular risk evaluation and prevalence of silent myocardial ischemia in subjects with asymptomatic carotid artery disease
... The stress test was carried out on the bicycle ergometer e-Bike (GE Healthcare, West Milwaukee, WI), with patients in the sitting position, under continuous ECG monitoring (MAC5500, GE Healthcare, West Milwaukee, WI), ...
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Functional CT Imaging for Myocardial Salvage in Acute Myocardial Infarction Management
... durations. ECDV map corresponding to the short scan duration utilizing three phases is shown on the left column and ECDV map corresponding to the long scan duration utilizing four phases is shown on the right column. ...
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The utility of cardiac stress testing for detection of cardiovascular disease in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review
... stress myocardial perfusion imaging appears to be beneficial for long-term follow-up to radiotherapy, and stress echocardiography appears to be beneficial in detecting left ventricular dysfunction following ...
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Changes to both cardiac metabolism and performance accompany acute reductions in functional capillary supply
... 200mmHg and developed pressure was recorded in real time. Coronary flow was estimated from timed collections of a known volume of perfusate and expressed as volume/time/unit mass of cardiac tissue. Preliminary ...
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