Assessment of myocardial perfusion by harmonic power doppler intermittent imaging and real time Coherent imaging: comparison with SPECT imaging
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 2002; 27 (Supp. 2): 7-15
in English
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ABSTRACT
In this study, 41 patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease were examined by myocardial contrast echocardiography [MCE] using randomly either harmonic power Doppler with intermittent imaging [27 patients] or real time coherent imaging [14 patients] using intravenous Levovist infusion. All patients underwent single photon emission computed tomography [SPECT] after the injection of technetium-99m [Tc-99m] sestamibi or thallium-201 [Th 201] at rest within one to three days of MCE. Both echocardiographic and scintigraphic images were analyzed by two experienced cardiologists in a blinded manner using the same 16-segment model of the left ventricle and the same scale used for perfusion grading. The concordance between MCE [harmonic power Doppler intermittent imaging [HPDI] or real time imaging [RTI]] and SPECT for the detection of segments with normal or abnormal perfusion was analyzed
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Echocardiography, Doppler
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Radionuclide Imaging
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Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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Heart
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
2002
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