Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of 13N-ammonia myocardial perfusion imaging with PET-CT in the detection of coronary artery disease
Author(s) -
Ahmed Fathala,
Mervat Aboulkheir,
M. Shoukri,
Hani Alsergani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2018.10.12
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , myocardial perfusion imaging , positron emission tomography , perfusion , radiology , nuclear medicine , perfusion scanning , cardiology
13 N-ammonia positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is being increasingly used as a non-invasive imaging modality for evaluating patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), but information about the diagnostic accuracy of PET-MPI is sparse. Objectives: Our objective was to determine the accuracy of 13 N-ammonia PET-CT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for detecting CAD.