title: Incremental value of ischemic stunning on the detection of severe and extensive coronary artery disease in dipyridamole Tl-201 gated myocardial perfusion imaging.
abstract: The sensitivity of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in detecting coronary artery disease is high. However, false-negative results may be encountered if all the myocardial territories were uniformly affected. Ischemic stunning after dipyridamole-stress on gated SPECT may be an indicator of severe and extensive coronary artery disease, and can help the interpretation of borderline perfusion images and the elimination of false-negatives secondary to relatively balanced lesions in three-vessel disease.
authors.forename: Guang-Uei
authors.initials: GU
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Ching-Pei
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kuang-Tao
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D004176:Dipyridamole; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D004176:Dipyridamole