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SBP ratio in exercise stress testing: validation by perfusion imaging.

Matteo Bartolini1, Lucia Massi, Leonardo Settimo

  • 1Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)
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The 3-minute systolic blood pressure ratio (SBPR) shows limited effectiveness in detecting significant coronary artery disease (CAD). This non-invasive marker does not reliably correlate with myocardial perfusion abnormalities found via gated SPECT imaging.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Diagnostic Imaging

Background:

  • The 3-minute systolic blood pressure ratio (SBPR) is a proposed non-invasive marker for significant coronary artery disease (CAD).
  • Its correlation with objective measures of myocardial ischemia derived from gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has not been previously established.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between the 3-minute systolic blood pressure ratio (SBPR) and myocardial perfusion abnormalities detected by gated SPECT.
  • To assess the diagnostic accuracy of SBPR in identifying significant CAD and exercise-induced ischemia.

Main Methods:

  • 156 patients with suspected CAD underwent resting and exercise gated SPECT.
  • Perfusion scores, ejection fraction, and transient ischemic dilatation (TID) were evaluated.
  • These parameters were compared with the 3-minute systolic blood pressure ratio (SBPR).

Main Results:

  • SBPR demonstrated weak correlations with summed stress score (ρ = 0.232) and summed difference score (SDS) (ρ = 0.228).
  • Receiver operating characteristic analysis indicated poor effectiveness of SBPR for detecting inducible ischemia (Area Under Curve = 0.64).
  • No significant relationship was found between SBPR and postexercise ejection fraction drop or TID.

Conclusions:

  • The 3-minute systolic blood pressure ratio (SBPR) appears to have limited value in detecting significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing gated SPECT.
  • SBPR does not show a meaningful association with exercise-induced functional abnormalities assessed by gated SPECT.