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Table B Examples of Inconclusive Stress Imaging

From: ACC/AHA/ASE/ASNC/ASPC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2023 Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for the Detection and Risk Assessment of Chronic Coronary Disease

Test Modality

Inconclusive Result

SPECT/PET

Motion artifact, attenuation defects, arrhythmia, apical thinning artifact

Stress echocardiogram

Poor windows, poor endocardial visualization, failure to achieve adequate heart rate

Stress CMR

Artifacts, arrhythmia

  1. CMR = cardiac magnetic resonance; PET = positron emission tomography; SPECT = single-photon emission computed tomography