Comparison of Positron Emission Tomography Measurement of Adenosine-Stimulated Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Versus Relative Myocardial Tracer Content for Physiological Assessment of Coronary Artery Stenosis Severity and Location | Zendy

Mohammad Hajjiri | Zendy; Marcia Leavitt | Zendy; Hui Zheng | Zendy; Amy E. Spooner | Zendy; Alan J. Fischman | Zendy; Henry Gewirtz | Zendy

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Comparison of Positron Emission Tomography Measurement of Adenosine-Stimulated Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Versus Relative Myocardial Tracer Content for Physiological Assessment of Coronary Artery Stenosis Severity and Location

Author(s) -

Mohammad Hajjiri,

Marcia Leavitt,

Hui Zheng,

Amy E. Spooner,

Alan J. Fischman,

Henry Gewirtz

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

jacc. cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79

H-Index - 120

eISSN - 1936-878X

pISSN - 1876-7591

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.04.004

Subject(s) - coronary artery disease , receiver operating characteristic , medicine , positron emission tomography , blood flow , nuclear medicine , area under the curve , cardiology , coronary flow reserve

This study tests the hypothesis that absolute measurement of adenosine (Ado)-stimulated myocardial blood flow (MBFado) is superior to measurement of relative tracer uptake for identification of hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease (CAD).

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