The myocardial perfusion study is often used because of its sensitivity to even the most modest changes in blood flow to the heart, determining whether enough blood and oxygen is being received.

Imaging techniques that assess myocardial perfusion and coronary anatomy obtain complementary information. Simultaneous dual-modality or sequential multimodal imaging techniques facilitate ...

PET myocardial perfusion imaging more effective than SPECT scans in detecting coronary disease Date: March 11, 2018 Source: Intermountain Medical Center Summary: Patients who receive cardiac ...

Nuclear stress is an imaging test that shows how well blood flows into your heart when you’re exercising or at rest. This test is also known as myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) or a thallium ...

Use of 3-D whole heart myocardial perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) accurately predicts the presence of ischemia-producing stenosis as measured by fractional flow reserve (FFR). The ...

Among patients who underwent a stress myocardial perfusion PET scan, increasing magnitude of stress myocardial perfusion abnormality was associated with elevated risk for cardiac death ...

Exercise was terminated due to [fatigue/dyspnea/chest pain]. The patient had no complaints during the procedure. Scan findings: The post-stress images demonstrate a small area of decreased perfusion ...

Methods We performed myocardial-perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in 20 patients with syndrome X and 10 matched controls, both at rest and during an infusion of adenosine.

The improved accuracy with CTA over nuclear-stress perfusion imaging was driven by gains in how well the test identified patients with angiographic coronary disease, say researchers.