Resting Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in a Chest Pain Center Including an Overnight Delayed Image Acquisition Protocol

Abstract

A normal resting SPECT MPI in ED patients presenting with CP predicts a very low occurrence of 30-d cardiac events. A delayed image acquisition protocol did not decrease the accuracy of SPECT MPI. Such a protocol may be useful in increasing the availability of this imaging modality.