Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 611-621Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-015-0333-y
Keywords
Gated myocardial perfusion image; normal database; phase; dyssynchrony; Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine working group
Funding
- JSNM fund
- JSPS in Japan [15K09947]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26461846, 15K09947] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Left ventricular (LV) phase dyssynchrony parameters based on gated myocardial perfusion imaging varied among software programs. The aim of this study was to determine normal ranges and factors affecting phase parameters. Normal databases were derived from the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine working group (n = 69). The programs were Emory Cardiac Toolbox with SyncTool (ECTb), Quantitative Gated SPECT (QGS), Heart Function View (HFV), and cardioREPO (cREPO); parameters of phase standard deviation (PSD), 95% bandwidth, and entropy were compared with parameters with ECTb as a reference. PSD (degree) was 5.3 +/- 3.3 for QGS (P < .0001), 5.4 +/- 2.5 for HFV (P < .0001), and 10.3 +/- 3.2 for cREPO (P = n. s.) compared with 11.5 +/- 5.5 for ECTb. Phase bandwidth with three programs differed significantly from ECTb. Gender differences were significant for all programs, indicating larger variation in males. After adjustment of LV volumes between genders, the difference disappeared except for QGS. The phase parameters showed wider variations in patients with the lower ejection fraction (EF) and larger LV volumes, depending on software types. Based on normal ranges of phase dyssynchrony parameters in four software programs, dependency on genders, LV volume, and EF should be considered, indicating the need for careful comparison among different software programs.
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