title: Mismatch between results of myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements and myocardial perfusion SPECT for identification of the severity of ischemia: pitfall of FFR in patients with prior myocardial infarction.
abstract: We experienced two rare cases of mismatch between the results of FFR and myocardial perfusion SPECT for identification of myocardial ischemia after myocardial infarction. If a FFR cutoff value of 0.75 is applied as in angina patients to patients with myocardial infarction, the severity of ischemia may be underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Surugadai Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo 101-8309, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigemasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Ikuyoshi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Chikara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kobari
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagikura
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furuichi
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kushiro
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanmatsuse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010477:Perfusion; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon