Relation between redistribution pattern of resting thallium-201 SPECT and myocardial metabolism (number of segments)
| Resting BMIPP-thallium-201 SPECT | NH3-FDG-PET | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMIPP = T1 | BMIPP > T1 | Match | Mismatch | ||||
| Fixed defect | 67 | 21 | 50 | 38 | |||
| Reverse redistribution | 0 | 40 | 5 | 35 | |||
| Redistribution | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| p Value | < 0.0001 | < 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.