J Nucl Cardiol 2022 Aug 1. Epub 2022 Aug 1.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, No.185, Juqian Street, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China.
Background: This study aimed to determine the clinical value of rest F-FDG imaging in Chinese patients with non-acute chest pain, normal ECG, negative troponin, and suspected UA.
Methods: 136 patients were prospectively included and underwent rest F-FDG PET imaging and coronary arteriography within 1 week.
Results: Obstructive CAD was diagnosed in 71 patients, and stenosis ≥ 70% was confirmed in 130 vascular territories. At patients and vascular level, rest F-FDG imaging showed sensitivity of 62.0%, 47.7%, specificity of 92.3%, 94.2%, accuracy of 76.5%, 79.4%, PPV of 89.8% and 79.5%, and NPV of 69.0% and 79.4%. The AUCs were 0.771 and 0.710. Of 71 patients with obstructive CAD, rest F-FDG imaging showed sensitivity of 47.7% and 58.8%, specificity of 91.6% and 91.2%, accuracy of 64.8% and 80.4%, PPV of 89.9% and 76.9% and NPV of 52.8% and 81.6% in all vascular level and single-vessel disease. In patients with two- or three-vessel disease, rest F-FDG imaging had a diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV, and NPV of 43.8%, 93.3%, 50.5%, 97.7%, and 20.6%. The AUCs were 0.696, 0.750, and 0.685.
Conclusion: Rest F-FDG imaging performed certain overall diagnostic efficiency for obstructive CAD in Chinese patients with suspected UA, especially the excellent high PPV in identifying culprit ischemic territory in patients with multivessel disease.