Evaluation of post-stress left ventricular dysfunction and its relationship with perfusion abnormalities using gated SPECT in patients with cardiac syndrome X

DEMİR H., KAHRAMAN G., İŞGÖREN S., Tan Y. Z., Kilic T., Berk F.

NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.29, sa.3, ss.208-214, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/mnm.0b013e3282f52c49
  • Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.208-214
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective Cardiac syndrome X defines patients with typical angina, a positive exercise ECG stress test and angiographically documented normal coronary arteries. In previous studies, post-stress prolonged left ventricular dysfunction (PLVD) using gated SPECT (G-SPECT) had been well correlated with myocardial perfusion abnormalities and degree of stenotic vessels in CAG in patients with coronary artery disease. However, evaluation of left ventricular myocardial perfusion, wall motion and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with cardiac syndrome X, using G-SPECT had not been studied yet. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse PLVD using (99m)Tc-MIBI GSPECT in patients with cardiac syndrome X.