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Comparison of Clinical Usefulness between N-13 Ammonia PET/CT and Tc-99m Sestamibi SPET in Coronary Artery Disease

관상동맥질환에서 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT와 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT의 임상 유용성 비교

  • Kong, Eun-Jung (Department of Nuclear Medicine Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Ihn-Ho (Department of Nuclear Medicine Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Chun, Kyung-Ah (Department of Nuclear Medicine Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Won, Kyu-Chang (Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyung-Woo (Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Jeong-Sun (Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Gu (Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Jo (Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Shim, Bong-Seop (Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine)
  • 공은정 (영남대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 조인호 (영남대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 천경아 (영남대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 원규장 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이형우 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박종선 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 신동구 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김영조 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 심봉섭 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 2008.10.31
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Abstract

Purpose: N-13 ammonia uptake and retention in the myocardium is related to perfusion and metabolism. There are several potential advantages of N-13 ammonia positron emission tomography (PET) to detect myocardial ischemia, such as higher spatial resolution, greater counting efficiencies, and robust attenuation correction. But there are few reports comparing Tc-99m myocardial perfusion single photon emission tomography (MPS) and N-13 ammonia PET. We thus compared adenosine stress N-13 ammonia PET/CT and Tc-99m sestamibi MPS in patients with suspected coronary artery stenosis. Materials and Methods: Seventeen patients (male 13 : $63{\pm}11$ years old) underwent adenosine stress N-13 ammonia PET/CT (Discovery ST, GE), Tc-99m sestamibi MPS (dual head gamma camera, Hawkeye, GE) and coronary angiography within 1 week. N-13 ammonia PET/CT and Tc-99m sestamibi MPS images were assessed with a 20-segment model by visual interpretation and quantitative analysis using automatic quantitative software (Myovation, GE). Results: Both sensitivities and specificities of detecting an individual coronary artery stenosis were higher for N-13 ammonia PET/CT than Tc-99m sestamibi MPS (PET/CT: 91%/89% vs MPS: 65%/82%). N-13 ammonia PET/CT showed reversibility in 52% of segments that were considered non-reversibile by Tc-99m sestamibi MPS. In the 110 myocardial segments supplied by the stenotic coronary artery, N-13 ammonia PET/CT showed higher count densities than Tc-99m MPS on rest study (p < 0.01), and the difference of count density between the stress and the rest studies was also larger on N-13 ammonia PET/CT. Conclusion: Adenosine stress N-13 ammonia PET/CT had higher diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, more reversibility of perfusion defects and greater stress/rest uptake differences than Tc-99m sestamibi MPS. Accordingly, N-13 ammonia PET/CT might offer better assessment of myocardial ischemia and viability.

목적: 암모니아의 심근섭취는 심근의 관류나 생존능 및 대사에 관계되어 있으며, N-13 암모니아 PET은 심근의 허혈을 진단하는 데에 유용한 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나, 아데노신을 이용한 약물부하 심근관류 검사로 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT와 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT 검사를 비교한 연구는 없었다. 이 연구에서는 관상동맥질환이 의심되는 환자에게서 아데노신 약물부하로 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT와 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT를 시행하여 두 검사의 차이를 비교분석하여 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT의 임상 유용성을 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법: 관상동맥질환이 의심되는 환자 중 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT와 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT를 동시에 시행할 수 있었고, 검사 1주일 이내 관상동맥조영술을 시행하였던 17명의 환자(남자:13명, 평균연령 $63{\pm}11$세)를 대상으로 하였다. 아데노신약물 부하 후 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT와 Tc-99m 세스타미비를 검사하여 육안 분석과 정량분석을 실시하였다. 결과: 관상동맥조영술에서 50% 이상의 협착이 확인된 관상동맥의 진단에 대한 민감도와 특이도는 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT는 91%와 89%로, Tc-99m세스타미비 SPECT는 65%와 82%로 각각 나타났다. 또한 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT와 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT는 전체에 238분절 중 65%인 154분절에서 동일한 결과를 보였으며, N-13 암모니아 PET/CT는 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT에서 비가역적인 관류결손을 보였던 병변 중 54%에 대하여 가역적인 관류결손을 나타내었다. 협착혈관이 관장하는 심근부위에 해당하는 110개의 분절에 대하여 부하기와 휴식기의 계수를 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT와 Tc-99m세스타미비 SPECT에서 각각 비교하였을 때, 부하기의 비교에서는, 두 검사간에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 휴식기에서는 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT의 계수가 Tc-99m세스타미비 SPECT의 계수보다 높았으며 (p<0.01), 휴식기와 부하기의 계수의 차이도 N-13 암모니아 PET/CT가 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT보다 큰 것으로 나타났다(p<0.01). 결론: N-13 암모니아 PET/CT는 Tc-99m 세스타미비 SPECT보다 관상동맥질환의 진단이 정확하고, 가역적인 관류결손을 보인 분절의 수가 많으며, 휴식-부하 관류차이도 현저하여, 관상동맥질환의 정확한 진단과 함께 심근의 허혈이나 생존능을 더욱 잘 반영하는 것으로 사료된다.

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