Relation between the findings of exercise thallium-201 SPECT and myocardial metabolism (number of segments)
| Resting BMIPP-thallium-201 SPECT | NH3-FDG PET | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMIPP = T1 | BMIPP > T1 | Match | Mismatch | ||||
| Exercise induced ischaemia | |||||||
| Negative | 65 | 8 | 39 | 34 | |||
| Positive | |||||||
| Rapid stress redistribution | 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 | |||
| Slow stress redistribution | 5 | 49 | 12 | 42 | |||
| p Value | < 0.0005 | < 0.0001 | |||||
BMIPP, radio-iodinated 15-iodophenyl 3-methyl pentadecaenoic acid; FDG, [F18]fluorodeoxyglucose; NH3, nitrogen-13 ammonia.
BMIPP>Tl implies a BMIPP defect score larger than the corresponding thallium-201 defect score.