Dynamic perfusion SPECT for functional evaluation in symptomatic patients with myocardial bridging

• Published in: Journal of nuclear cardiology Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 2058 - 2067
• Main Authors: Xu, Rende, Yang, Hao, Zhang, Jie, Chen, Shuguang, Pang, Lifang, Wu, Yizhe, Pei, Zhiqiang, Shi, Hongcheng, Li, Chenguang, Ge, Junbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Elsevier Inc 01.10.2023; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiology; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Circulation; Dynamic SPECT; Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; functional significance; Humans; Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Myocardial Bridging; myocardial flow reserve; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - methods; Nuclear Medicine; Original Article; Perfusion; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods; ROC; ROI; myocardial bridging; LAD; QCA; Dynamic SPECT; DS; MBF; SSS; myocardial flow reserve; MB; functional significance; MFR; CZT

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and diagnostic value of myocardial flow reserve (MFR) assessed by rest/stress myocardial perfusion imaging with dynamic single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the functional evaluation of myocardial bridge (MB). From May 2017 to...