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Myocardial Perfusion SPECT 2018 in Germany: Results of the 8th Survey
Oliver Lindner1, Wolfgang Burchert1, Ronny Buechel2
1Institut für Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Molekulare Bildgebung, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeynhausen.
Aim:
This paper presents the results of the 8th survey of myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) from the reporting year 2018.
Methods:
291 questionnaires (184 practices (PR), 77 hospitals (HO), 30 university hospitals (UH)) were evaluated. Results of the last survey from 2015 are set in squared brackets.
Results:
MPS of 145 930 [121 939] patients were reported (+ 19.6 %). 76 % [78 %] of all patients were studied in PR, 16 % [14 %] in HO, and 8 % [8 %] in UH, mostly with a 2-day-protocol 48 % [50 %]. 99.96 % [98 %] of all MPS were performed with Tc-99 m radiopharmaceuticals and in 0.04 % with Tl-201.A pharmacological stress test was applied in 49 % [43 %] (23 % [22 %] adenosine, 26 % [20 %] regadenoson, dipyridamole or dobutamine together < 1 % [1 %]). Attenuation correction was performed in 26 % [25 %] of all MPS, gated SPECT in 86 % [80 %] of stress MPS, in 87 % [78 %] of rest and in 83 % [76 %] of all stress and rest MPS. 67 % [53 %] of the departments performed MPS scoring by default, whereas 16 % [24 %] did not apply this feature at all.69 % [60 %] reported an increase or no changes in their MPS patient numbers. One hundred twenty-six departments which participated in the surveys from 2009 to 2018 reported an increase in MPS by 44 %. 69 % [70 %] of the MPS were requested by ambulatory care cardiologists.
Conclusion:
The 2018 MPS survey reveals a high-grade adherence of routine MPS practice to current guidelines. The positive development in MPS performance and MPS numbers observed since 2012 remains ongoing.
