Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for the Prediction of Incident Heart Failure

Gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for the prediction of incident heart failure an old dog learns a new trick.

In the most recent revision of the guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure (HF) in adults, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association identified a pre-clinical stage of HF, stage A, which encompasses clinical conditions associated with a high risk of developing HF (1). Examples of such conditions, provided in the guideline document, are s...

Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging

Evaluation of myocardial perfusion and function after kidney transplantation by Gated SPECT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of successful kidney transplantation (KT) on myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by both qualitative (visual) interpretation and semiquantitative parameters, using myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with gated-single photon emission computed tomography (gated-SPECT) in patients suffering from end-stage renal disease. ...

Filter selection for 99mTc-Sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging [Persian]

Myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging with Tc99m-sestamibi is the most accurate non-invasive means of detecting coronary artery disease and assessing the severity of perfusion abnormalities in the patients with coronary stenosis. Though simple and straight forward the results produced by the technique is very much affected by the details being used. One of the main problems with the test, wh...

Myocardial perfusion imaging using gated SPECT in heart failure patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy.

UNLABELLED Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) by biventricular pacing is indicated in patients with severe heart failure and left bundle branch block who remain symptomatic despite optimal medical therapy. The relationship between baseline resting perfusion pattern and hemodynamic response to CRT has not been fully investigated. We tested the usefulness of perfusion gated SPECT for baselin...