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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Oct 25;80(17):1617–1628. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.751

Table 2.

PET Scan characteristics

MBFR>2.0 MBFR≤2.0 p-value

Stress Agent 0.21
 Adenosine 3 (2.8) 2 (2.8)
 Dipyridamole 105 (97.2) 67 (94.4)
 Regadenoson 0 (0) 2 (2.8)
Myocardial Blood Flow
 Total Stress Myocardial Blood Flow 2.32 (2.03–2.62) 1.47 (1.22–1.69) <0.0001
 Total Rest Myocardial Blood Flow 0.94 (0.85–1.03) 0.90 (0.82–1.0) 0.08
 Total Myocardial Flow Reserve 2.60 (2.20–3.0) 1.63 (1.35–1.80) <0.0001
Resting Ejection Fraction 60.1±7.4 57.3±10.4 0.06
Stress Ejection Fraction 63.0±7.0 59.4±10.6 0.03
Any Ischemia 6 (5.5) 12 (16.9) 0.02
 <5% of myocardium 4 (3.6) 2 (2.8)
 5–10% of myocardium 1 (0.9) 5 (7.0)
 >10% of myocardium 1 (0.9) 5 (7.0)
Transient ischemic dilation 0 (0) 1 (1.4) 0.21
Coronary Calcium 0.01
 No Coronary Calcium 85 (80.2) 40 (62.5)
 Any Coronary Calcium 21 (19.8) 24 (37.5)
VECAC
 0 85 (80.2) 40 (62.5) 0.11
 1–99 5 (4.7) 8 (12.5)
 10–99 7 (6.6) 7 (10.9)
 100–399 7 (6.6) 6 (9.4)
 400–999 2 (1.9) 3 (4.7)

Data presented as count (%) and median (interquartile range). VECAC=Visually estimated coronary artery calcium