Clinical Implications of Compromised Rb PET Data Acquisition
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Background: We wished to document the prevalence and quantitative effects of compromised Rb PET data acquisitions on myocardial flow reserve (MFR).
Methods And Results: Data were analyzed retrospectively for 246 rest and regadenoson-stress studies of 123 patients evaluated for known or suspected CAD. An automated injector delivered pre-determined activities of Rb. Automated quality assurance algorithms identified technical problems for 7% (9/123) of patients. Stress data exhibited 2 instances of scanner saturation, 1 blood peak detection, 1 blood peak width, 1 gradual patient motion, and 2 abrupt patient motion problems. Rest data showed 1 instance of blood peak width and 2 abrupt patient motion problems. MFR was lower for patients with technical problems flagged by the quality assurance algorithms than those without technical problems (1.5 ± 0.5 versus 2.1 ± 0.7, P = 0.01), even though rest and stress ejection fraction, asynchrony and relative myocardial perfusion measures were similar for these two groups (P > 0.05), suggesting that MFR accuracy was adversely affected by technical errors.
Conclusion: It is important to verify integrity of Rb data to ensure MFR computation quality.
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