Impact of limited treadmill exercise on adenosine Tc-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease

Evaluation of myocardial perfusion and function by gated SPECT in patients with Behçet’s disease

“…Fix defect score (FDS) was calculated if the same perfusion defect score with the same segment at both stress and rest images was determined. MPS was classifi ed as normal (SSS < 4), mildly abnormal (SSS 4-8), moderately abnormal (SSS 9-13), or severely abnormal (SSS > 13) [18,19].…”

Pharmacologic radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging

“…However, this has not been conclusively shown to result in improved diagnostic accuracy. Pennell et al [5] found a trend toward a small improvement in diagnostic accuracy with adenosine and exercise over adenosine alone, although Jamil et al [7] did not find any difference in quantification of defect severity between adenosine and adenosine plus exercise. There is some evidence that combining exercise with dipyridamole results in increased defect severity.…”

The impact of adenosine pharmacologic stress combined with low-level exercise in patients undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging (BIWAKO adenosine-Ex trial)

“…Though reported overseas [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], the benefits of adenosine Ex have not been explored in depth in Japan. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to compare adenosine alone with adenosine Ex regarding their safety and impact on image quality in a stress MPI test in a Japanese population.…”