Table 2.
Mean diagnostic value of SPECT, PET and PET/CT for detection of coronary artery disease by individual coronary branches.
| Individual vessel CAD using 50% stenosis | Radiotracer | Sensitivity | Specificity | Accuracy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPECT | PET | PET/CT | SPECT | PET | PET/CT | SPECT | PET | PET/CT | SPECT | PET | PET/CT | |
| Bateman et al11 >50% stenosis | 99mTc-sestamibi/ 82Rubidium | 99mTc-sestamibi/ 82Rubidium | ||||||||||
| LAD | 61% | 79% | 92% | 95% | 75% | 87% | ||||||
| LCx | 33% | 58% | 86% | 93% | 68% | 79% | ||||||
| RCA | 60% | 58% | 87% | 100% | 73% | 78% | ||||||
| Tamaki et al28 >50% stenosis | 201Thallium/ 13N ammonia | 201Thallium/ 13N ammonia | NA | NA | ||||||||
| LAD | 90% | 93% | 89% | 100% | ||||||||
| LCx | 65% | 85% | 93% | 90% | ||||||||
| RCA | 79% | 76% | 95% | 86% | ||||||||
| Cesar et al36 >50% stenosis | 82Rubidium | |||||||||||
| LAD | 70% | 69% | 70% | |||||||||
| LCx | 76% | 86% | 83% | |||||||||
| RCA | 66% | 92% | 77% | |||||||||