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TitleUtility of Amyloid and FDG-PET in Clinical Practice: Differences Between Secondary and Tertiary Care Memory Units.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsLage, C, Suarez, AGonzalez, Pozueta, A, Riancho, J, Kazimierczak, M, Bravo, M, Bonilla, JJimenez, Torres, Mde Arcocha, Quirce, R, Banzo, I, Vázquez-Higuera, JLuis, Rabinovici, GD, Rodriguez-Rodriguez, E, Sánchez-Juan, P
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume63
Issue3
Pagination1025-1033
Date Published2018
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

The clinical utility of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) has not been fully established. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of amyloid imaging on clinical decision making in a secondary care unit and compare our results with a previous study in a tertiary center following the same methods. We reviewed retrospectively 151 cognitively impaired patients who underwent amyloid (Pittsburgh compound B [PiB]) PET and were evaluated clinically before and after the scan in a secondary care unit. One hundred and fifty concurrently underwent fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET. We assessed changes between the pre- and post-PET clinical diagnosis and Alzheimer's disease treatment plan. The association between PiB/FDG results and changes in management was evaluated using χ2 and multivariate logistic regression. Concordance between classification based on scan readings and baseline diagnosis was 66% for PiB and 47% for FDG. The primary diagnosis changed after PET in 17.2% of cases. When examined independently, discordant PiB and discordant FDG were both associated with diagnostic change (p 

DOI10.3233/JAD-170985
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID29710706
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