Informative value of multislice spiral computed tomography in identifying myocardial perfusion defect in patients with acute myocardial infarction

• Main Authors: T N Veselova, S K Ternovoĭ
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 2013-04-01
• Series: Терапевтический архив
• Subjects: multislice spiral computed tomography; myocardial infarction; perfusion defect
• Online Access: https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/31215

AIM: To estimate the informative value of multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI)/MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study enrolled 171 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), including 121 patients diagnosed with acute ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI), 19 with non-STEMI, and 31 with unstable angina. A comparison group consisted of 52 patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) and a control group comprised 17 patients without CHD. Intravenous contrast-enhanced MSCT was performed using a 64-spiral CT scanner. MSCT was carried out in the patients with ACS on days 3-5 of the onset of a pain attack and in the other patients electively. It was redone in 44 patients with acute MI (AMI) 6 months after a primary examination/RESULTS: Left ventricular (LV) perfusion defect was imaged in 94.3% of the patients with AMI and in 10% of those with unstable angina. LV contrast defects were undetectable in the patients from the stable CHD and control groups. The sensitivity, specificity, prognostic value of a positive result, negative prognostic value of a result, and accuracy of MSCT in the diagnosis of MI were 94.3, 97.1, 97.8, 92.5, and 96.7%, respectively. In the patients with STEMI, myocardial perfusion defect was larger and transmural perfusion defect was more common than in those with non-STEMI. Comparison of the values of myocardial perfusion defect size and myocardial density according to the data of primary and repeat MSCT revealed no statistically significant differences: 2.0 (0.50; 5.45) and 1,8 (0.35; 5.00) cm3 (p=0.15); 41.7±10.2 and 46.1±12.2 HU, respectively (p=0.07)/CONCLUSION: Contrast-enhanced MSCT allows visual and quantitative assessments of myocardial perfusion defect in patients with ACS. Myocardial perfusion defect from MSCT data suggests previous MI with a high probability, but does not permit the determination of the duration of the disease.