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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessment of diastolic function in patients with chest pain and angiographically normal coronary arteries using ECG-gated spect

Khachirova EA1, Samoylenko LE2, Shevchenko OP1
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1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

2 Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Elvira A. Khachirova
Ostrovityanova 1, Moscow, 117997; ur.liam@90kihcle

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Acknowledgements: the authors wish to thank Viktor K. Sychev for kindly allowing them to use the equipment of the Laboratory for Radioisotopes.

Author contribution: Khachirova EA recruited patients for the study, prepared the necessary documentation, participated in conducting the cardiac stress test and SPECT/CT, and processed the obtained data; Samoylenko LE controlled the course of the study and double-checked the obtained results; Shevchenko OP made sure inclusion and exclusion criteria were met.

Received: 2018-09-17 Accepted: 2018-11-11 Published online: 2019-02-23
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Fig. 1. A resting C-SPECT scan of a female patient aged 69 who presented with chest pain and intact coronary arteries (class II effort angina)
Fig. 2. A stress C-SPECT scan of a female patient aged 69 who presented with chest pain and intact coronary arteries
Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the study participants
Note: MVA stands for microvascular angina; ESD is end-systolic dimension; EDD is end-diastolic dimension; PWT is posterior wall thickness; HR is heart rate.
Table 2. Quantitative parameters of diastolic function in the studied groups of patients
Note: significant differences are shown in bold; stress stands for the measurements done after the stress test; rest stands for the measurements at rest.