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Assessing Coronary Artery Disease with Thallium-201 Rest and Technetium-99m-Sestamibi Stress Testing at Two Centers

Art Meyers, Jim Ballow, Lee Topham, Rusty Rainer and Chuck Field
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2000, 28 (4) 248-251;
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    TABLE 1.

    Location of Identified Myocardial Abnormalities

    Sex and no. of patientsMyocardial wall
    AnteriorInferiorApicalSeptalLateral
    Men
     165 (site 1)4073201616
     230 (site 2)5365224446
    Women
     56 (site 1)1826435
     111 (site 2)383691513
    Totals patients
     562149200557880
    Percent26.5%35.5%9.7%13.8%14.2%
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    TABLE 2.

    Type of Myocardial Abnormalities Identified

    SexIschemic areas identifiedInfarcted areas identified
    Men (site 1)11253
    Men (site 2)13397
    Women (site 1)3323
    Women (site 2)6051
    Total338224
    • In 846 patients, 562 myocardial defects were identified.

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    TABLE 3.

    Results of Dual-Isotope Rest/Stress Testing

    Site and sexNumber of patientsResults
    NormalAbnormal
    Site 1
     Men18171110 (60.8%)
     Women1248143 (34.6%)
    Site 2
     Men298120178 (59.7%)
     Women24315093 (38.2%)
    Total men479191 (39.9%)288 (60.1%)
    Total women367231 (62.9%)136 (37.1%)
    Total patients846422424 
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    TABLE 4.

    Results by Stress Method

    SiteTreadmill stress results
    Men (n = 354)Women (n = 192)
    NormalAbnormalNormalAbnormal
    Site 1 51 (39%) 82 (61%) 36 (69%)16 (31%)
    Site 2 94 (43%)127 (57%)107 (86%)33 (24%)
    Total145 (41%)209 (59%)143 (74.5%)49 (25.5%)
    Pharmacological stress results
    Men (n = 125)Women (n = 175)
    Site 120 (42%)28 (58%)45 (62%)27 (38%)
    Site 226 (34%)51 (66%)43 (42%)60 (58%)
    Total46 (37%)79 (63%)88 (50%)87 (50%)
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    TABLE 5.

    Observed and Expected Normalcy Rates in Men and Women

    ResultMenWomenTotal
    NormalO = 191O = 231422
    E = 238.93E = 183.06
    AbnormalO = 288O = 136424
    E = 240.06E = 183.93
    Total479367846
    • Chi-Square Value = 44.4, >3.84 is the Critical Value at P = 0.05. O = observed; E = expected.

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