Visual identification of coronary calcifications on attenuation correction CT improves diagnostic accuracy of SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging
Patchett ND, Pawar S, Miller EJ. Visual identification of coronary calcifications on attenuation correction CT improves diagnostic accuracy of SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2016, 24: 711-720. PMID: 26850031, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0395-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArtifactsComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansImage EnhancementMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingObserver VariationReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySingle Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed TomographyUser-Computer InterfaceVascular CalcificationConceptsCoronary artery calciumMyocardial perfusion imagingCT myocardial perfusion imagingSPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imagingInvasive coronary angiographyAttenuation correction CTCause mortalityLate revascularizationAbsence of CACAccuracy of MPIRetrospective chart reviewFalse-positive studiesCT myocardial perfusionArtery calciumChart reviewHazard ratioConsecutive patientsCoronary angiographyCoronary calcificationRisk stratificationRisk markersMore MIsCT scanMyocardial perfusionPatients