Title Kada galima tikėtis normalios krūvio miokardo perfuzijos pacientams, jaučiantiems skausmus krūtinėje, kuriems įtariama arba diagnozuota išeminė širdies liga
Another Title When can normal stress myocardial perfusion scans be observed in patients with chest pain and known or suspected coronary artery disease?
Authors Milvidaitė, Irena ; Kulakienė, Ilona ; Linonienė, Leonarda ; Gugienė, Laimutė ; Rusakevičienė, Elvyra ; Pauliutė, Jūratė
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Is Part of Medicina. 2004, t. 40, Nr. 7, p. 627-632.. ISSN 1010-660X
Keywords [eng] Myocardial ischemia ; Myocardium ; Myocardial reperfusion ; Exercise test
Abstract [eng] The aim of this study was to establish characteristic clinical data in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion scans. Material and methods. 99mMIBI scintigraphy was performed following a one-day protocol (stress-rest) in 806 patients (out of them 451 men) with suspected or known coronary artery disease. A bicycle exercise test response was estimated as pathological, non-pathological, borderline and non-informative. Myocardial perfusion was scored according to the size and severity of defect. Results. Myocardial perfusion was normal in 287 (35.6%) patients. Univariate analysis showed, that normal stress myocardial perfusion scans more often were established in women than in men (p=0.00001, odds ratio 8.55), in patients with atypical anginal or non-anginal chest pain than with typical angina (p=0.0001, odds ratio 1.92), in patients without previous myocardial infarction (p=0.0001, odds ratio 3.28) and without myocardial revascularization (p=0.0001, odds ratio 3.28). The characteristic bicycle exercise test data for normal scans were non-pathological response vs pathological (p=0.00001, odds ratio 3.03) and reason of discontinuance – target heart rate achieved (85% of maximum) vs ischemic changes (p=0.0005, odds ratio 2.37). Conclusions. Normal stress myocardial perfusion scans were more often present in women, in patients with atypical angina or non-anginal chest pain, in patients without myocardial infarction and without myocardial revascularization. Achieved target heart rate and non-pathological response to exercise test were commonly observed in patients with normal perfusion scans.
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2004