Impact of myocardial perfusion imaging with PET and 82Rb on downstream invasive procedure utilization, costs, and outcomes in coronary disease management

ME Merhige, WJ Breen, V Shelton… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
We hypothesized that PET myocardial perfusion imaging with 82Rb (PET MPI), would
reduce downstream utilization of diagnostic arteriography, compared with SPECT, in …

The study of myocardial perfusion and coronary anatomy imaging roles in CAD (SPARC): design, rationale, and baseline patient characteristics of a prospective …

R Hachamovitch, JR Johnson, MA Hlatky… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Elsevier
Objectives To design a multicenter study comparing the prognostic value and post-test
resource utilization of PET, CT Coronary Angiography (CTA), and SPECT in clinical practice …

Does quantification of myocardial flow reserve using rubidium-82 positron emission tomography facilitate detection of multivessel coronary artery disease?

MC Ziadi, RA Dekemp, K Williams, A Guo… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Springer
Background Relative myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is the standard imaging approach
for the diagnosis and prognostic work-up of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, this …

82Rb PET myocardial perfusion imaging is superior to 99mTc-labelled agent SPECT in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

A Flotats, PE Bravo, K Fukushima… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose We compared the quality, interpretive confidence and interreader agreement
between SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in the same group of patients …

Combined quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion and coronary artery calcium score by hybrid 82Rb PET/CT improves detection of coronary artery disease

Y Brodov, H Gransar, D Dey, A Shalev… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
Hybrid PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with CT allows the incorporation of coronary
artery calcium (CAC) into the clinical protocol. We aimed to determine whether the combined …

Clinical decision making with myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

P Cremer, R Hachamovitch, B Tamarappoo - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD) is best
performed in patients with intermediate pretest likelihood of disease; unfortunately, pretest …

Automated quantitative Rb-82 3D PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: normal limits and correlation with invasive coronary angiography

R Nakazato, DS Berman, D Dey, L Le Meunier… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background We aimed to characterize normal limits and to determine the diagnostic
accuracy for an automated quantification of 3D 82-Rubidium (Rb-82) PET/CT myocardial …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical quantification of myocardial blood flow using PET: joint position paper of the SNMMI cardiovascular council and the ASNC

VL Murthy, TM Bateman, RS Beanlands, DS Berman… - 2018 - Springer
Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is among the most commonly performed
diagnostic tests in cardiology. Although the diagnostic and prognostic applications of …

Regional, artery-specific thresholds of quantitative myocardial perfusion by PET associated with reduced myocardial infarction and death after revascularization in …

KL Gould, NP Johnson, AE Roby… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Because randomized coronary revascularization trials in stable coronary artery disease
(CAD) have shown no reduced myocardial infarction (MI) or mortality, the threshold of …

Rationale and design of the REgistry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with NExt generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT)

PJ Slomka, J Betancur, JX Liang, Y Otaki, LH Hu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background We aim to establish a multicenter registry collecting clinical, imaging, and follow-
up data for patients who undergo myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with the latest …