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. 2022 Feb 3;9:817911. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.817911

Table 4.

Quantitative myocardial blood flow and ischemic cut-off values of stress MBF assessed by CT-MPI.

References Equipment Normal MBF
(ml/100 ml/min)
Ischemic MBF
(ml/100 ml/min)
Cutoff value
(ml/100 ml/min)
Reference standard Diagnostic accuracy Sen Spe PPV NPV Objects
(MI, revascularization)
Bamberg et al. (5) 2nd DSCT 104.8 ± 34.0 73.2 ± 26.0 75 FFR ≤ 0.75 + ICA ≥ 85% DS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes, yes
Greif et al. (19) 2nd DSCT 122.7 ± 34.0 78.7 ± 26.1 75 FFR ≤ 0.80 + ICA ≥ 90% DS 78.2 95.1 74.0 49.3 98.3 Yes, yes
Rossi et al. (20) 2nd DSCT 109 62 78 FFR ≤ 0.75 + ICA ≥ 90% DS 90 88 90 77 95 No, yes
Kono et al. (21) 2nd DSCT 116.3 ± 27 25.6 ± 22.5 103.1 FFR ≤ 0.80 68.1 88.9 47.8 62.5 81.5 No, no
Wichmann et al. (25) 2nd DSCT 140 ± 38.4 80.7 ± 33.7 103 CCTA ≥ 50% DS 62.9 82.4 80.5 60.1 92.8 No, no
Li et al. (12) 3st DSCT 169 ± 34 75 ± 20 99 FFR ≤ 0.80 + ICA ≥ 90% DS 94 96 93 92 96 No, no
Li et al. (22) 3st DSCT 133 78 89.5 FFR ≤ 0.80 90.5 84.3 97.7 97.7 84.3 No, no
Coenen et al. (15) 3st DSCT 108 79 91 MRI 68 75 61 63 73 No, no
Rossi et al. (24) 2nd DSCT 161 92 (74–109) 106 FFR ≤ 0.80 + ICA ≥ 80% DS N/A 75 88.3 68.3 91.3 No, no
Pontone et al. (23) Revolution CT 130 ± 46 96 ± 32 101 FFR ≤ 0.80 + ICA ≥ 80% DS 78 86 75 60 93 No, no
Yi et al. (10) 3st DSCT 147.5 ± 25.6 91.5 ± 29.9 N/A FFR ≤ 0.80 + ICA ≥ 80% DS 92 83 99 98 90 No, no
Current study 3st DSCT 164 ± 24 96 ± 21 116 FFR ≤ 0.75 + ICA ≥ 80% DS 85.9 91.0 83.2 94.8 73.5 No, no

CCTA, Coronary computed tomography angiography; CT-MPI, computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging; DS, diameter stenosis; DSCT, dual-source CT scanner; FFR, fractional flow reserve; ICA, interventional coronary angiography; MBF, myocardial blood flow; MI, myocardial infarction; NPV, negative predictive value; N/A, not reported; PPV, positive predictive value; Sen, sensitivity; Spe, specificity.