Diagnostic performance of prone-only myocardial perfusion imaging versus coronary angiography in the detection of coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Seyed Ali MirshahvaladMohammadreza ChavoshiSepideh HekmatPublished in: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2020)
In the suspicion for the CAD, prone position with comparable sensitivity and higher specificity can be an acceptable alternative to the supine position as the standard method. Also, in the cases of possible defects in the RCA territory, prone position showed to be a superior standard.