Why the study?
Does 99mTc-tetrofosmin provide comparable diagnostic accuracy to 201Tl for detecting myocardial perfusion abnormalities in patients with suspected coronary artery disease?
Population
310 subjects total: 252 patients with suspected coronary artery disease and 58 healthy subjects with low…
Comparison
Exercise and rest myocardial perfusion imaging… vs Standard exercise and redistribution planar…
Design
Cross-sectional, Images were interpreted blindly by a panel of four…
Authors
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May support tetrofosmin as alternative to 201Tl for perfusion imaging; leaves open prospective validation of equivalence.
Does 99mTc-tetrofosmin provide comparable diagnostic accuracy to 201Tl for detecting myocardial perfusion abnormalities in patients with suspected coronary artery disease?
99mTc-tetrofosmin is a viable alternative to 201Tl for myocardial perfusion imaging, offering comparable diagnostic accuracy with favorable imaging characteristics.
Zaret et al. (1995) studied this question.
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