Functional compared to anatomical imaging in the initial evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease: An international, multi-center, randomized controlled trial (IAEA-SPECT/CTA study)

Karthikeyan, Ganesan; Salobir, Barbara; Jug, Borut; Devasenapathy, Niveditha; Alexanderson, Erick; Vitola, Joao; Kraft, Otakar; ÖZKAN, ELGİN; Sharma, Saket; Purohit, Gaurav; Novak, Maja; Meave, Aloha; Trevethan, Sergio; Cerci, Rodrigo; Zier, Sandra; Gotthardtova, Lucia; Jonszta, Tomas; Altin, Timucin; SOYDAL, ÇİĞDEM; Patel, Chetan; Gulati, Gurpreet; Paez, Diana; Dondi, Maurizio; Kashyap, Ravi

doi:10.1007/s12350-016-0664-3

Functional compared to anatomical imaging in the initial evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease: An international, multi-center, randomized controlled trial (IAEA-SPECT/CTA study)

Karthikeyan G., Salobir B. G., Jug B., Devasenapathy N., Alexanderson E., Vitola J., ...More

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY, vol.24, no.2, pp.507-517, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 24 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1007/s12350-016-0664-3
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.507-517
Keywords: Myocardial perfusion imaging-SPECT, computed tomography, coronary artery disease, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY, CT ANGIOGRAPHY, DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, OUTCOMES
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

To test the hypothesis that, in the initial evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) would result in less downstream testing than coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA).