Yafim Brodov1, Mathews Fish2, Mathieu Rubeaux1, Yuka Otaki1, Heidi Gransar1, Mark Lemley2, Jim Gerlach1, Daniel Berman1,3, Guido Germano1,3, Piotr Slomka4,5. 1. Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 2. Nuclear Medicine Department, Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, OR, USA. 3. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 4. Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. piotr.slomka@cshs.org. 5. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. piotr.slomka@cshs.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ejection fraction (EF) reserve has been found to be a useful adjunct for identifying high risk coronary artery disease in cardiac positron emission tomography (PET). We aimed to evaluate EF reserve obtained from technetium-99m sestamibi (Tc-99m) high-efficiency (HE) SPECT. METHODS: Fifty patients (mean age 69 years) undergoing regadenoson same-day rest (8-11 mCi)/stress (32-42 mCi) Tc-99m gated HE SPECT were enrolled. Stress imaging was started 1 minute after sequential intravenous regadenoson .4 mg and Tc-99m injections, and was composed of five 2 minutes supine gated acquisitions followed by two 4 minutes supine and upright images. Ischemic total perfusion deficit (ITPD) ≥5 % was considered as significant ischemia. RESULTS: Significantly lower mean EF reserve was obtained in the 5th and 9th minute after regadenoson bolus in patients with significant ischemia vs patients without (5th minute: -4.2 ± 4.6% vs 1.3 ± 6.6%, P = .006; 9th minute: -2.7 ± 4.8% vs 2.0 ± 6.6%, P = .03). CONCLUSIONS: Negative EF reserve obtained between 5th and 9th minutes of regadenoson stress demonstrated best concordance with significant ischemia and may be a promising tool for detection of transient ischemic functional changes with Tc-99m HE-SPECT.
BACKGROUND: Ejection fraction (EF) reserve has been found to be a useful adjunct for identifying high risk coronary artery disease in cardiac positron emission tomography (PET). We aimed to evaluate EF reserve obtained from technetium-99m sestamibi (Tc-99m) high-efficiency (HE) SPECT. METHODS: Fifty patients (mean age 69 years) undergoing regadenoson same-day rest (8-11 mCi)/stress (32-42 mCi) Tc-99m gated HE SPECT were enrolled. Stress imaging was started 1 minute after sequential intravenous regadenoson .4 mg and Tc-99m injections, and was composed of five 2 minutes supine gated acquisitions followed by two 4 minutes supine and upright images. Ischemic total perfusion deficit (ITPD) ≥5 % was considered as significant ischemia. RESULTS: Significantly lower mean EF reserve was obtained in the 5th and 9th minute after regadenoson bolus in patients with significant ischemia vs patients without (5th minute: -4.2 ± 4.6% vs 1.3 ± 6.6%, P = .006; 9th minute: -2.7 ± 4.8% vs 2.0 ± 6.6%, P = .03). CONCLUSIONS: Negative EF reserve obtained between 5th and 9th minutes of regadenoson stress demonstrated best concordance with significant ischemia and may be a promising tool for detection of transient ischemic functional changes with Tc-99m HE-SPECT.
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Regadenoson Tc-99m high-efficiency SPECT; early stress imaging; image quality; left ventricular ejection fraction reserve
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