Residual cardiomyocytes and scintigraphic findings in advanced coronary artery disease: correlation with technetium-99m-tetrofosmin and thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography.
Jpn Circ J
; 63(1): 64-7, 1999 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-10084392
ABSTRACT
A 68-year-old man suffering from chronic heart failure due to coronary artery disease (CAD) underwent rest technetium-99m (99mTc)-tetrofosmin and thallium-201 (201Tl) with reinjection studies, but died thereafter. The heart was removed and sectioned into short-axis slices and examined by gross and microscopic pathologic methods. A close correlation between the amount of residual cardiomyocytes and the level of regional tracer activity in the left ventricular wall was obtained for redistribution 201Tl, reinjection 201Tl and rest 99mTc tetrofosmin images. The correlation coefficients were r=0.901 for the 201Tl redistribution images, r=0.913 for the 201Tl reinjection images and r=0.917 for the rest 99mTc-tetrofosmin images. This case report provides further evidence of the validity of SPECT tetrofosmin imaging for the determination of myocardial viability in CAD.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Compostos Organofosforados
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Radioisótopos de Tálio
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Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão
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Compostos de Organotecnécio
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Compostos Radiofarmacêuticos
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Doença das Coronárias
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Coração
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Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Jpn Circ J
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão