Additional value of combining low-dose computed tomography to V/Q SPECT on a hybrid SPECT-CT camera for pulmonary embolism diagnosis. - Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Article Dans Une Revue Nuclear Medicine Communications Année : 2015

Additional value of combining low-dose computed tomography to V/Q SPECT on a hybrid SPECT-CT camera for pulmonary embolism diagnosis.

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The aim of the study was to assess the potential interest of combining a low-dose computed tomography (ldCT) to ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE). We addressed three main questions: Could ldCT be used in substitution to ventilation SPECT? Could ldCT improve the diagnostic performance of V/Q SPECT? Could ldCT provide alternative diagnoses to PE? A total of 393 patients previously analysed in a management outcome study that aimed at assessing the safety of V/Q SPECT for PE diagnosis were assessed. All patients underwent an ldCT under the same SPECT-computed tomography camera, which was not used at the time of initial interpretation. Three retrospective analyses were performed: Q SPECT combined with ldCT, V/Q SPECT combined with ldCT and ldCT only. On the basis of initial V/Q SPECT interpretation, 110 (28%) patients were positive and 283 (72%) were negative for PE.With Q SPECT-ldCT, 139 (35%) patients were positive and 254 (65%) were negative, with 55 (19%) discrepancies when compared with V/Q SPECT. Of the 283 patients with negative V/Q SPECT, 42 were positive with V/Q SPECT-ldCT, and among the 110 patients with positive V/Q SPECT 13 were negative with V/Q SPECT-ldCT. On using V/Q SPECT-ldCT, 97 (25%) patients were positive and 296 (75%) were negative, with 13 (3%) discrepancies when compared with V/Q SPECT (all had had a positive V/Q SPECT but a negative V/Q SPECT-ldCT). Finally, 67 (24%) ldCT scans showed a potential alternative diagnosis to PE. For PE diagnosis with lung SPECT, the use of ldCT in substitution to ventilation SPECT is associated with a high risk of overdiagnosis. The diagnostic value of ldCT in addition to V/Q SPECT remains unclear. Further studies are needed to determine its potential role in PE diagnosis.
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hal-01275229 , version 1 (17-02-2016)

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Pierre-Yves Le Roux, Philippe Robin, Aurélien Delluc, Ronan Abgral, Xavier Palard, et al.. Additional value of combining low-dose computed tomography to V/Q SPECT on a hybrid SPECT-CT camera for pulmonary embolism diagnosis.. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 2015, 36 (9), pp.922-30. ⟨10.1097/MNM.0000000000000351⟩. ⟨hal-01275229⟩
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