Evaluation of ischaemia in patients with atrial fibrillation: impact of stress protocol on myocardial perfusion imaging accuracy

• Published in: European heart journal cardiovascular imaging Vol. 16; no. 7; p. 781
• Main Authors: Gimelli, Alessia, Liga, Riccardo, Startari, Umberto, Giorgetti, Assuero, Pieraccini, Laura, Marzullo, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Atrial Fibrillation - diagnosis; Case-Control Studies; Coronary Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Stenosis - physiopathology; Exercise Test - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis; Myocardial Ischemia - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - methods; Radiography; Retrospective Studies; ROC Curve; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke Volume; Cadmium-zinc-telluride; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Coronary artery disease; Atrial fibrillation; Diagnostic accuracy

To evaluate the accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) on a novel cadmium-zinc-thelluride camera in detecting significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Seventy-four subjects with AF submitted to stress-rest MPI and coronary angiography were consecut...