Diagnostic Ability of 384-Slice Computed Tomographic Angiography in Prediction of Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Myocardial Bridging (MB) as Compared to SPECT-MPI Examination
Autor: | Bahar Galeshi, Ali Kazem Mousavi, Nahid Yaghoobi, Ali Pourvaziri, Majid Maleki, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Maryam Mohammadzadeh, Dorna Charkheshi, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, Ali Zahedmehr, Ali Abbasian Ardakani |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Myocardial bridging
medicine.diagnostic_test Receiver operating characteristic business.industry Ischemia Diastole Perfusion scanning 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Myocardial perfusion imaging 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Positron emission business Nuclear medicine Artery |
Zdroj: | Iranian Journal of Radiology. 15 |
ISSN: | 2008-2711 1735-1065 |
Popis: | Background: During the past decade, coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) has become the primary non-invasive imaging technique for the assessment of myocardial bridging (MB). Objectivs: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of CCTA to predict myocardial ischemia in patients with MB. Patients and Methods: A total of 32 MB patients (21 males and 11 females) participated in this study. Eleven MB parameters were measured to assess the ability of CCTA to predict MB patients with ischemia. In order to evaluate ischemia, all the patients underwent single positron emission computed tomography-myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) examination. Results: Ischemia was observed in 17 patients (53.1%), while 15 patients (46.9%) did not show signs of ischemia. Out of the 32 patients, superficial MB was observed in 15 patients while deep MB was identified in 12, and borderline was observed in five patients. All MB examined parameters were found to be significantly different between ischemic and non-ischemic patients, except for the location and tunnel artery diameter in diastole. Moreover, a cut-off value of 0.65 mm was able to discriminate ischemia with a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 93%, and yield area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of 0.996. Also, by considering the depth cut-off value of 1.75 mm, ischemia can be distinguished with sensitivity and specificity of 100%. MB length had a lower discrimination power, with a cut off value of 22.5 mm yield, 76% sensitivity, 67% specificity, and AUC = 0.810 in the diagnosis of ischemia. Conclusion: CCTA was a reliable modality with high accuracy to depict MB, identify high risk MB, and prevent unnecessary SPECT-MPI examination. |
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