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Table 2 Mean Rate Pressure Product, Myocardial Blood Flow and Myocardial Flow Reserve with residual activity correction divided by sex

From: Myocardial blood flow and myocardial flow reserve values in 13N–ammonia myocardial perfusion PET/CT using a time-efficient protocol in patients without coronary artery disease

 

Total

(n = 206)

Male

(n = 63)

Female

(n = 143)

P-value (male/female)

RPP rest

8991 ± 2293a

8149 ± 1490a

9370 ± 2487a

0.001

RPP stress

12,939 ± 2871a

11,956 ± 2321

13,382 ± 2990a

0.001

MBF rest (ml/g/min)

1.02 ± 0.22a

0.90 ± 0.19

1.08 ± 0.22a

< 0.001

MBF stress (ml/g/min)

2.54 ± 0.41

2.43 ± 0.35

2.59 ± 0.43

0.012

MFR (stress/rest ratio)

2.60 ± 0.61a

2.81 ± 0.58a

2.50 ± 0.60a

< 0.001

  1. Mean results ± standard deviation
  2. MBF Myocardial Blood Flow, MFR Myocardial Flow Reserve, RPP Rate Pressure Product
  3. anot normally distributed by Shapiro-Wilk test. Significance tested by Mann-Whitney U