Erschienen in:
01.12.2018 | Images that Teach
Abnormal myocardial perfusion pattern in the absence of significant coronary artery stenosis
verfasst von:
T. Sean Dunn II, MD, Jack Heo, MD, Ami E. Iskandrian, MD, MASNC, Fadi G. Hage, MD, FASNC
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 6/2018
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Excerpt
Most patients with significant obstruction in the coronary arteries have perfusion abnormalities (reversible, fixed or both) on stress and rest myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). The presence of such defects (barring those due to attenuation artifacts or misinterpretation) in the absence of angiographically visible “significant” stenosis are usually considered as false-positives. …