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TI-201 Redistribution SPECT and N-13 Ammonia PET Images in Patients with Old Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Segmental Comparison and Discordance Analysis  

Choi, Joon-Young (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Kyung-Han (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Young-Hwan (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Eun-Jeong (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Chung, Hyun-Woo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Su-Jin (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Sang-Hoon (Department of Cardiovascular Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Byung-Tae (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
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The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine / v.38, no.3, 2004 , pp. 218-224 More about this Journal
Abstract
We compared rest perfusion PET with redistribution perfusion SPECT to investigate the concordant rate between PET and SPECT images and analyze the discordant pattern. Materials and Methods: Rest N-13 ammonia and F-18 FDG PET were performed on 18 patients with old myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction whose dipyridamole - 4hr redistribution TI-201 SPECT showed one or more severe fixed defects. Regional perfusion and metabolism were evaluated visually and quantitatively with 5-segment myocardial model. Results: There were high concordant rate in uptake pattern (80/90 segments, 88.9%) and high correlation coefficient on quantitative analysis (R=0.81, p<0.001) between redistribution TI-201 SPECT and N-13 ammonia PET images. Nine of 18 patients had SPECT-PET concordant pattern (Group I). Ten segments (9 in inferior wall, 1 in apex) from the remaining 9 patients showed SPECT-PET discordant pattern with abnormal TI-201 defect and near normal N-13 ammonia uptake (Group II). The diastolic and systolic left ventricular dimensions were significantly increased in Group II compared to those of Group I. When attenuation uncorrected N-13 ammonia PET images were reconstructed in Group II, it resulted in PET images with severe inferior wall defects nearly identical to those seen in redistribution TI-201 SPECT images. Conclusion: Redistribution TI-201 SPECT images showed high concordant rate and correlation with rest N-13 ammonia PET images. Most of discordant segments had fixed thallium defects in inferior wall with nearly normal N-13 ammonia uptake, which may result from severe left ventricular dilatation and attenuation by the left hemidiaphragm and cardiac blood pool.
Keywords
Myocardial infarction; Myocardial SPECT; Myocardial PET; TI-201; N-13 ammonia; Attenuation artifact;
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