Simultaneous dobutamine stress echocardiography and dobutamine scintigraphy (99mTc-MIBI-SPET) for assessment of coronary artery disease.
BACKGROUND
Simultaneous dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and 99Tc-MIBI-SPET (DMS) for the evaluation of the presence and the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) were assessed for a head to head comparison regarding the diagnostic acuracy of the two rests.


RESULTS
Forty-five consecutive patients (33 males and 12 females: 53 +/- 6.8 yr.) underwent exercise electrocardiography and simultaneous dobutamine stress echocardiography and MIBI-SPET imaging. Coronary angiography was performed in all patients (significant coronary stenosis > 50%). On the basis of the results of exercise electrocardiogram the pre-test probability for coronary artery disease (Diamond's algorithm) was low (45.6 +/- 12.7%). The overall specificity, sensitivity and predictive accuracy of Echo-dobutamine stress test for diagnosis of the presence or absence of CAD were: specificity 82%, sensitivity 76%, diagnostic accuracy 80%, positive predictive value 90%, negative predictive value 40%. The overall specificity, sensitivity and predictive accuracy of MIBI-SPET-dobutamine test for diagnosis of the presence or absence of CAD were: specificity 86%, sensitivity 87%, diagnostic accuracy 84%, positive predictive value 97%, negative predictive value 54%. MIBI-SPET-dobutamine test showed a significantly higher sensitivity in comparison with ECHO-dobutamine test (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Both noninvasive methods for the detection of CAD showed a good diagnostic accuracy. Nevertheless the SPET model showed a higher sensitivity in comparison with DSE model, essentially in the presence of a lower extent of CAD and during submaximal test.
De Bello
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2nd Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
Bellina
C R
CR
Molea
N
N
Talarico
L
L
Boni
G
G
Magagnini
E
E
Matteucci
F
F
Giorgi
D
D
Lazzeri
E
E
Bertini
A
A
Romano
M F
MF
Bianchi
R
R
Giusti
C
C
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004280:Dobutamine; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D004280:Dobutamine; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi