Mathieu Perrin1, Véronique Roch1, Marine Claudin1, Antoine Verger1,2,3, Henri Boutley4, Gilles Karcher1,2,4, Cédric Baumann5, Nicolas Veran1, Pierre-Yves Marie1,2,6, Laetitia Imbert7,2,3. 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHRU-Nancy, Nancy, France. 2. Nancyclotep Molecular Imaging Platform, CHRU-Nancy, Nancy, France. 3. Université de Lorraine, INSERM, UMR 1254, Nancy, France. 4. Laboratoire de Biophysique and Nancyclotep Molecular Imaging Platform, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France. 5. Clinical Research Support Platform, Université de Lorraine, CHRU-Nancy, Nancy, France; and. 6. Université de Lorraine, INSERM, UMR 1116, Nancy, France. 7. Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHRU-Nancy, Nancy, France l.imbert@chru-nancy.fr.
Abstract
This prospective randomized study assessed myocardial perfusion imaging with the high-sensitivity D.SPECT cadmium-zinc-telluride camera in a forward-leaning bikerlike position, which may potentially lower diaphragmatic attenuation and reduce breathing-related cardiac motion, in a manner comparable to the prone position proposed with other SPECT cameras. Methods:Patients referred for a stress-rest 99mTc-sestamibi protocol and positioned in the biker position, with the chest leaning forward on the D.SPECT camera-head at 35° from vertical, had an additional resting D.SPECT recording in the supine position (n = 40) or in the sitting position with the back rearward at 30° from vertical (n = 40). Segments with attenuation artifacts were defined as those with less than 65% uptake but with strictly normal contractility at gated SPECT and no defect reversibility from stress images. Results: The biker position was associated with lower heart-to-detector distances than the supine or sitting positions (both P < 0.001); lower cardiac motion amplitudes, assessed on panograms, than the supine position (P < 0.001); and fewer segments with attenuation artifacts than the supine position (on average, 1.10 ± 1.01 vs. 1.90 ± 1.74, P = 0.010) or the sitting position (0.75 ± 0.93 vs. 1.38 ± 1.60, P = 0.011). Conclusion: Myocardial perfusion images from D.SPECT are enhanced for patients positioned in a forward-leaning bikerlike position comparatively to sitting or supine positions, with a notably lower rate of attenuation artifacts.
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This prospective randomized study assessed myocardial perfusion imaging with the high-sensitivity D.SPECT cadmium-zinc-telluride camera in a forward-leaning bikerlike position, which may potentially lower diaphragmatic attenuation and reduce breathing-related cardiac motion, in a manner comparable to the prone position proposed with other SPECT cameras. Methods:Patients referred for a stress-rest 99mTc-sestamibi protocol and positioned in the biker position, with the chest leaning forward on the D.SPECT camera-head at 35° from vertical, had an additional resting D.SPECT recording in the supine position (n = 40) or in the sitting position with the back rearward at 30° from vertical (n = 40). Segments with attenuation artifacts were defined as those with less than 65% uptake but with strictly normal contractility at gated SPECT and no defect reversibility from stress images. Results: The biker position was associated with lower heart-to-detector distances than the supine or sitting positions (both P < 0.001); lower cardiac motion amplitudes, assessed on panograms, than the supine position (P < 0.001); and fewer segments with attenuation artifacts than the supine position (on average, 1.10 ± 1.01 vs. 1.90 ± 1.74, P = 0.010) or the sitting position (0.75 ± 0.93 vs. 1.38 ± 1.60, P = 0.011). Conclusion: Myocardial perfusion images from D.SPECT are enhanced for patients positioned in a forward-leaning bikerlike position comparatively to sitting or supine positions, with a notably lower rate of attenuation artifacts.
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