CLINICAL RESEARCH: CARDIAC IMAGING
Diagnostic Performance of Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Coronary Artery DiseaseA Meta-Analysis
Kiran R. Nandalur, MD*,*,
Ben A. Dwamena, MD* ,
Asim F. Choudhri, MD ,
Mohan R. Nandalur, MD and
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS*
* Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Manuscript received February 23, 2007;
revised manuscript received May 9, 2007,
accepted June 25, 2007.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Kiran Nandalur, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073. (Email: nandalurk{at}yahoo.com).
Objectives: The purpose of our study was to conduct an evidence-based evaluation of stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD).
Background: Stress cardiac MRI has recently emerged as a noninvasive method in the detection of CAD, with 2 main techniques in use: 1) perfusion imaging; and 2) stress-induced wall motion abnormalities imaging.
Methods: We examined studies from January 1990 to January 2007 using MEDLINE and EMBASE. A study was included if it: 1) used stress MRI as a diagnostic test for CAD ( 50% diameter stenosis); and 2) used catheter X-ray angiography as the reference standard.
Results: Thirty-seven studies (2,191 patients) met the inclusion criteria, with 14 datasets (754 patients) using stress-induced wall motion abnormalities imaging and 24 datasets (1,516 patients) using perfusion imaging. Stress-induced wall motion abnormalities imaging demonstrated a sensitivity of 0.83 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.79 to 0.88) and specificity of 0.86 (95% CI 0.81 to 0.91) on a patient level (disease prevalence = 70.5%). Perfusion imaging demonstrated a sensitivity of 0.91 (95% CI 0.88 to 0.94) and specificity of 0.81 (95% CI 0.77 to 0.85) on a patient level (disease prevalence = 57.4%).
Conclusions: In studies with high disease prevalence, stress cardiac MRI, using either technique, demonstrates overall good sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of CAD. However, limited data are available regarding use of either technique in populations with low disease prevalence.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
| | CAD = coronary artery disease | | LR = likelihood ratio | | MRI = magnetic resonance imaging | | SPECT = single-photon emission tomography |
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