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Conventional camera vs. D-SPECT with Angiographic results

• 63 year old male
• 5 feet nine inches tall
• 191.4lbs
• Atypical angina
• Risk factors: hypertension; family history of CAD

Acquisition protocol:
12mCi MIBI/35 mCi MIBI

	Conventional Camera:
16 min. 20 min.

	See Larger Image	Low dose 35 seconds per projection total of 20 minutes High dose 25 seconds per projection total of 16 minutes

	D-SPECT:
2 min. 4 min.

	See Larger Image	Low dose 2 seconds per projection total of 4 minutes High dose 1 second per projection total of 2 minutes

Angiographic results:

• Ischemia in inferior wall detected by D-SPECT and not by A-SPECT
• 95%-99% occlusion of the distal RCA 30-40% of the proximal LAD
  

Images courtesy of Miami Baptist Hospital