Published February 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

The evaluation of dobutamine 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion imaging in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease

  • 1. Beijing Hospital (China)

Description

The method and the clinical value of dobutamine stress test as a substitute for exercise test in 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion imaging was investigated. 40 Patients were intravenously infused with dobutamine through IVAC syringe pumps by incremental doses, and 99mTc-MIBI was injected at the peak dobutamine heart rate. The myocardial imaging was then performed. The rest myocardial imaging was done after 48 hours. 30 of the 31 patients with coronary heart disease showed reversible perfusion defects in dobutamine 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion images and 7 of the 9 patients without coronary heart disease showed normal images. The sensitivity of this test was 96.8% and the specificity 77.8%. None of the studies was discontinued due to dobutamine side effect. Dobutamine 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion imaging is a safe and sensitive method in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease

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Journal Title
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 20-22.
ISSN
0253-9780
CODEN
CITCDE