Table 3

Incidence of systolic and diastolic long axis abnormalities in the segments showing fixed and reversible thallium perfusion defects

Thallium/echocardiography	Both abnormal	Thallium abnormal	Echo abnormal	Both normal	p value
Fixed/systolic
Left	9	1	7	48	< 0.001
Septal	25	2	7	31	< 0.001
Posterior	20	6	1	38	< 0.02
Total	54	9	15	117	< 0.001
Fixed (total)/diastolic
Left	9	6	25	25	NS
Septal	10	2	30	23	NS
Posterior	9	5	25	26	NS
Total	28	13	80	72	NS
Fixed (isolated)/diastolic
Left	4	3	15	43	NS
Septal	6	4	16	39	NS
Posterior	4	7	13	41	NS
Total	14	14	44	123	NS
Reversible/systolic
Left	3	5	17	40	NS
Septal	10	4	29	22	NS
Posterior	8	5	25	27	NS
Total	21	14	71	89	NS
Reversible (total)/diastolic
Left	22	0	14	29	< 0.001
Septal	39	4	5	17	< 0.001
Posterior	26	8	6	25	< 0.001
Total	87	12	25	71	< 0.001
Rever (isolated)/diastolic
Left	12	0	13	40	< 0.001
Septal	23	2	5	35	< 0.001
Posterior	18	4	3	40	< 0.001
Total	53	6	21	115	< 0.001