84.
Stress echocardiography has been considered an accurate method for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensive
patients and in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. In contrast, the specificity of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
in these patients has been questioned. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of these two imaging modalities in
conjunction with dobutamine stress test for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients with and without
left ventricular hypertrophy. Dobutamine (up to 40 μg kg
–1min
–1) stress echocardiography in conjunction with sestamibi (MIBI) single-photon emission tomography (SPET) was performed in 84
patients with the diagnosis of systemic hypertension who had been referred for evaluation of myocardial ischaemia. Ischaemia
was defined as new or worsened wall motion abnormalities at echocardiography and reversible perfusion defects at SPET. Significant
coronary artery disease (≥50% luminal diameter stenosis) was detected in 66 patients (79%). The sensitivity, specificity and
accuracy of the ischaemic pattern at echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease were 73% (CI 63%–82%),
83% (CI 75%–91%) and 75% (CI 66%–84%), those for MIBI were 67% (CI 57%–77%), 83% (CI 75%–91%) and 70% (CI 60%–80%) respectively
(
P = NS vs echocardiography). Significant stenosis was detected in 123 (49%) of the 252 analysed coronary arteries. The sensitivity,
specificity and accuracy of echocardiography for the regional diagnosis of coronary artery disease were 63% (CI 56%–69%),
90% (CI 86%–94%) and 77% (CI 72%–82%). Those for MIBI were 58% (CI 51%–64%), 91% (CI 87%–94%) and 75% (CI 69%–80) respectively
(
P = NS vs echocardiography). Left ventricular hypertrophy was detected in 59 patients (70%) by echocardiography and did not
influence the overall or regional specificity of echocardiography or MIBI SPET. It is concluded that in hypertensive patients,
dobutamine stress echocardiography and MIBI SPET have a comparable accuracy for the overall and regional diagnosis of coronary
artery disease. Hypertensive patients with or without left ventricular hypertrophy should not be considered unsuitable candidates
for stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
Received 10 July and in revised form 19 September 1997
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