Good SPECT scan facility?

[mtnbibliophile]

Can anyone recommend a SPECT scan facility within a couple of hours of NYC where the staff is good at spotting hypoperfusion? St. Vincent's in NYC used to be good, but they closed; Columbia-Presbyterian, I'm told, never notices any hypoperfusion. thanks

 

[LiveAgain]

I had mine done at Hackensack UMC -recommended by my NYC CFS Dr.- and they found reduced blood flow to certain areas of the brain (hypoperfusion right?) My Dr. said the pattern was consistent abnormalities seen in the CFS brain.

 

[mtnbibliophile]

thanks! who's your NYC doctor, if I may ask?

 

[LiveAgain]

Dr. Sue Levine

 

[Gamboa]

What exactly are the patterns seen in CFS? I had a SPECT done last August and have areas of hypoperfusion but my doctor didn't say much about it except that it was consistent with CFS. When I googled it I found that the areas that are hypoperfused in me are the same ones seen in Alzheimer's Disease. When I later mentioned my SPECT scan results to my neurologist he said he didn't really believe they show much and didn't even want to see the results. ( It was another doc who had ordered the scan).

Have there been any actual studies on SPECT scans and cfs patients?

Gamboa

 

[vitamink]

i had a SPECT done at columbia-presbyterian in june and it showed hypoperfusion...

 

[LiveAgain]

My memory is crappy, but if I recall... I think once I got the results I asked my Dr. if it could mean I have Lyme (they have spect abnormalities too) and she said no, it was more consistent with CFS. I found these articles. Too tired to try and understand them at the moment. In fact, any insight would be appreciated.

http://www.ncf-net.org/library/sp.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1491843
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8542261
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9121617
http://www.cfids-cab.org/cfs-inform/Brainscans/richardson.costa98.txt