The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Performance of Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT to Diagnose Coronary Artery Disease

게이트 심근 관류 SPECT의 관상 동맥 질환 진단 성능

  • Kang, Won-Jun (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Medical College) ;
  • Lee, Myoung-Mook (Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Medical College) ;
  • Chung, June-Key (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Medical College) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Chul (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Medical College) ;
  • Koh, Chang-Soon (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Medical College) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Soo (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Medical College)
  • 강원준 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이명묵 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정준기 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이명철 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 고창순 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이동수 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실)
  • Published : 1997.03.15
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Abstract

Gated SPECT can evaluate the regional wall motion of the heart. We evaluated the regional wall motion of the perfusion abnormality in conventional perfusion SPECT with gated SPECT. In case of suspicious perfusion abnormalities, we tried to differentiate the artifact from true abnormality in coronary vascular disease using gated SPECT. We thought that artifacts would have normal wall motion, whereas fixed defects with decreased wall motion would probably represent coronary artery disease. A total of 275 patients who were performed coronary angiography and T1-201 rest/Tc-99m MIBI dipyridamole stress gated SPECT within 2 months were enrolled. In coronary angiography, stenosis more than 50% was considered as coronary artery disease. After injection of 111MBq T1-201 rest image was obtained on triple head SPECT system. 370MBg Tc-99m MIBI was used for the stress image. Eight-frame per-cardiac-cycle gated Tc-99m SPECT studies were done. All the images were analyzed visually. Using perfusion SPECT, the overall sensitivity and specificity were 87% and 55% respectively. Regarding artery territory, sensitivity and specificity were 68% and 73% for left anterior descending artery(LAD), 62% and 78% for right coronary artery(RCA), 42% and 90% for left ciramflex artery(LCX). Using gated SPECT, the overall sensitivity and specificity were 87% and 66% respectively. Sensitivity and specificity were 68% and 78% for LAD, 62% and 79% for RCA, 42% and 90% for LCX. Among 21 false positive cases in perfusion SPECT, 5 cases were interpreted as true negative with gated SPECT. We conclude that gated SPECT provides a valuable adjunct to perfusion SPECT in characterizing perfusion abnormalities and to improve specificity.

관상 동맥 질환에서 심근 혈류의 평가를 위하여 사용되는 심근 관류 SPECT는 여성에서의 유방이나 횡격막 감쇠 등 인공 산물에 의하여 위양성으로 나타날 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 게이트 SPECT를 이용하여 관류 SPECT에 나타나는 의심스러운 관류 감소 부위의 벽 운동을 평가하여 관류 감소 부위가 인공 산물인지 판정하였다. 판정 결과는 관상 동맥 조영술 결과와 비교하였다. 대상 환자 275명에서 관류 SPECT의 예민도와 특이도는 각각 87%와 55%였고 게이트 SPECT를 진단에 이용하였을 때 관류 SPECT에서 위양성을 보인 5례의 벽운동이 정상임이 확인되어 특이도가 66%로 향상되었다. 이상의 결과로 게이트 SPECT는 관상 동맥 질환의 특이도를 높이는 데 이용될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

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