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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Jul 26;122(17):1756–1776. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181ec61df

Table 5. Diagnostic Accuracy of Rest MPI in Patients With Acute Chest Pain and a Nonischemic ECG.

Reference n Radiopharmaceutical Sensitivity, % Specificity, % NPV, % Outcome
Varetto et al111 64 Tc-mibi 100 92 100 CAD
Hilton et al112 102 Tc-mibi 94 83 99 CAD/AMI
Tatum et al113 438 Tc-mibi 100 78 100 AMI
Kontos et al116 532 Tc-mibi 93 71 99 AMI
Heller et al115 357 Tc-tet 90 60 99 AMI
Kontos et al114 620 Tc-mibi 92 67 99 AMI
Udelson et al*71 1215 Tc-mibi 96 NR 99 AMI
Schaeffer et al117 479 Tc-mibi 77 92 99 ACS

NPV indicates negative predictive value; AMI, acute MI; Tc-mibi, 99mTc-sestamibi; Tc-tet, 99mTc-tetrofosmin; and NR, not reported.

*

Randomized controlled trial.

Adapted from Kontos and Tatum.107