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Vol.4, No.12, 976-982 (2012) Natural Science /10.4236/ns.2012.412126 Comparison of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and computed tomography (CT) angiography based * on conventional coronary angiography Bekir Tasdemir , Tansel Ansal Balci , Bedriye Busra Demirel , Ilgin Karaca , 1 2# 3 4 5 2 Ayse Murat Aydin , Zehra Pinar Koc 1 2 # 3 4 5 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey Department of Nuclear Medicine, Firat University Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey; Corresponding Author: tansel_balci@ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Department of Cardiology, Firat University Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey Department of Radiology, Firat University Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey Received 24 August 2012; revised 23 September 2012; accepted 9 October 2012 ABSTRACT for Cx lesions. It was also found that positive predictive value of MPS and negative predictive value of CTCA were significantly higher than the others. As a result, MPS and CTCA were sug- gested as complementary techniques for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, not as al- ternatives to each other. Coronary artery disease is one of the most com- mon and important health problems in the world. Early diagnosis of this disease is very important to treat before severe myocardial damage oc- curred. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) and computed tomography coronary angiogra- phy (CTCA) which evaluates regional myocardial perfusion and coronary arteries, respectively, are reliable and non-invasive methods in terms of coronary artery disease. In this study we aimed to compare MPS and CTCA based on con- ventional coronary angiography (CCA). Totally 60 patients were included in the study. CCA