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Rubidium-82 Position Emission Computed Tomography (PET) Versus Gated, Rest / Stress Technetium 99-m SPECT

NCT01179230 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2015-03-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many stress tests being done today have two parts, the stress test and the pictures of your heart. The investigators are comparing a newer technique to obtain the pictures (PET imaging) to the standard method (SPECT imaging). However, it is not known if the new test is better than the old test. It is important to have a standard to compare these tests to, and that is why people who will be getting a cardiac catheterization are being asked to participate. The information about your arteries from the cardiac catheterization will be used to judge which stress test is better. The investigators hypothesize that the newer method (PET imaging) will be more accurate than the old method (SPECT) in detecting heart disease.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

SPECT imaging

Dipyridamole stress testing 0.57 mg/kg

OTHER

PET imaging

Dipyridamole stress test 0.57 mg/kg with Rubidium PET images

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bracco Diagnostics, Inc

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Hartford Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gary V. Heller, M.D., Ph.D. · Hartford Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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