Hybrid CT angiography and quantitative O-15-water PET for assessment of coronary artery disease: comparison with quantitative coronary angiography

: Thomassen A, Petersen H, Diederichsen ACP, Mickley H, Jensen LO, Johansen A, Gerke O, Braad PE, Thayssen P, Hoilund-Carlsen MM, Vach W, Knuuti J, Hoilund-Carlsen PF

Publisher: SPRINGER

: 2013

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING

: EUR J NUCL MED MOL I

: 12

: 40

: 12

: 1894

: 1904

: 11

: 1619-7070

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2519-3

Conclusion Cardiac quantitative hybrid PET/CTA imaging has better diagnostic accuracy than CTA alone and PET alone. CTA has a suboptimal PPV, suggesting that hybrid PET/CTA imaging should be used to assess the significance of coronary stenoses diagnosed by CTA.