Many non-invasive methods, such as imaging tests, have been developed aiming to
add a contribution to existing studies in estimating patients’ prognosis after
myocardial injury. This prognosis is proportional to myocardial viability, which
is evaluated in coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction
patients only.While myocardial viability represents the likelihood of a dysfunctional muscle
(resulting from decreased oxygen supply for coronary artery obstruction),
hibernation represents post-interventional functional recovery itself.This article proposes a review of pathophysiological basis of viability,
diagnostic methods, prognosis and future perspectives of myocardial viability.
An electronic bibliographic search for articles was performed in PubMed, Lilacs,
Cochrane and Scielo databases, according to pre-established criteria.The studies showed the ability of many imaging techniques in detecting viable
tissues in dysfunctional areas of left ventricle resulting from coronary artery
injuries. These techniques can identify patients who may benefit from myocardial
revascularization and indicate the most appropriate treatment.
Background: Functional assessment to rule out myocardial ischemia using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is extremely important and data on the Brazilian population are still limited.Objective: To assess the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion by CCTA in the detection of severe obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT). To analyze the importance of anatomical knowledge to understand the presence of myocardial perfusion defects on SPECT imaging that is not identified on computed tomography (CT) scan.Method: A total of 35 patients were evaluated by a simultaneous pharmacologic stress protocol. Fisher's exact test was used to compare proportions. The patients were grouped according to the presence or absence of significant CAD. The area under the ROC curve was used to identify the diagnostic performance of CCTA and SPECT in perfusion assessment. P < 0.05 values were considered statistically significant.Results: For detection of obstructive CAD, CT myocardial perfusion analysis yielded an area under the ROC curve of 0.84 [a 95% confidence interval (CI95%): 0.67-0.94, p < 0.001]. SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, on the other hand, showed an AUC of 0.58 (95% CI 0.40 -0.74, p < 0.001). In this study, false-positive results with SPECT are described.
Conclusion: Myocardial perfusion analysis byCTA displays satisfactory results compared to SPECT in the detection of obstructive CAD. CCTA can rule out false-positive results of SPECT.
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