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    Area of Science:

    • Cardiology
    • Nuclear Cardiology
    • Diagnostic Imaging

    Background:

    • Accurate reference standards are essential for evaluating cardiac diagnostic tests.
    • Radionuclide ventriculography is used to assess cardiac function during exercise.
    • Defining normality in patient populations is critical for test interpretation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate radionuclide ventriculographic exercise response in three distinct populations used as referent standards for cardiac normality.
    • To determine if these populations (normal coronary arteriogram, healthy volunteers, low coronary artery disease probability) are equivalent.
    • To assess the impact of different reference standards on test specificity.

    Main Methods:

    • Radionuclide ventriculography during exercise was performed.
    • Patient populations included those with normal coronary arteriograms, healthy volunteers, and uncatheterized patients with low coronary artery disease probability.
    • Disease probability was calculated using Bayesian analysis of clinical and diagnostic data.

    Main Results:

    • Catheterized normal patients showed a significant percentage of abnormal ejection fraction (34%) and wall motion (35%) responses.
    • Healthy volunteers exhibited normal ejection fraction and wall motion responses.
    • Patients with low coronary artery disease probability (<1%) rarely had abnormal responses (7% ejection fraction, 8% wall motion).

    Conclusions:

    • The three evaluated populations are not equivalent referent standards for cardiac normality.
    • Using healthy volunteers or low-probability patients as a standard may overestimate test specificity.
    • Employing catheterized normal patients as a standard may underestimate test specificity.