Comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography versus rest sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging in the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.

Abstract

It remains unclear whether myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) is as accurate as myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium-99m sestamibi (MPI) for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We sought to directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of MCE with resting MPI in a head-to-head fashion.