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FUNCTIONAL IMAGING OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR-DISEASE - A COMPARISON BETWEEN EXERCISE WHOLE-BODY THALLIUM PERFUSION IMAGING AND CONTRAST ARTERIOGRAPHY JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Segall, G. M., Lang, E. V., LENNON, S. E., STEVICK, C. D. 1992; 33 (10): 1797-1800

Abstract

Whole-body thallium scintigraphy was used to study leg muscle perfusion in 12 healthy individuals and 31 patients with peripheral vascular disease. Subjects were scanned immediately after exercise and 4 hr later. Buttock, thigh and calf perfusion were measured in terms of fractional uptake relative to whole-body activity, percent change in fractional uptake over 4 hr and interextremity symmetry ratios. The results were compared to contrast arteriography on a region by region basis. The overall sensitivity and specificity of thallium scintigraphy were 80% and 73%, respectively. The results suggest that thallium scintigraphy may provide useful information about the hemodynamic significance of noncritical anatomic lesions.

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