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Conventional camera vs. D-SPECT with Angiographic
results
- 47 year old male
- BMI 25
- Family history of premature CAD
- Atypical chest pain
Acquisition protocol:
2.5 mCi Tl 201/20 mCi MIBI
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16 min.
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Low dose
- 35 seconds per projection
- total of 20 minutes
High dose
- 25 seconds per projection
- total of 16 minutes
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Low dose
- 2 seconds per projection
- total of 4 minutes
High dose
- 1 second per projection
- total of 2 minutes
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Angiographic results:
- First angio: ostium circumflex 80% and distal circumflex
80% stenosis; LAD: mid 70% stenosis; successful stent to
both LCX lesions
- Second angio (2 days later): Successful stent to LAD
- Ischemia in LCX territory detected by D-SPECT and not
by A-SPECT
Images courtesy of Cedars Sinai Medical
Center
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