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Title: How reliable is myocardial imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Myocardial scintigraphic techniques available presently allow a sensitive and relatively specific diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction when they are used correctly, although every technique has definite limitations. Small myocardial infarcts (less than 3 gm.) may be missed, and there are temporal limitations in the usefulness of the scintigraphic techniques. The development of tomographic methodology that may be used with single-photon radionuclide emitters (including technetium and /sup 201/Tl will allow the detection of relatively small abnormalities in myocardial perfusion and regions of myocardial infarction and will help to provide a more objective interpretation of the myocardial scintigrams. The use of overlay techniques allowing simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion, infarct-avid imaging, and radionuclide ventriculograms will provide insight into the relevant aspects of the extent of myocardial damage, the relationship of damage to myocardial perfusion, and the functional impact of myocardial infarction on ventricular performance.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6148230
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Cardiovasc. Clin.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDIUM; SCINTISCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99; DIAGNOSTIC USES; THALLIUM 201; DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; PATIENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HEART; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MUSCLES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THALLIUM ISOTOPES; USES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics

Citation Formats

Willerson, J T. How reliable is myocardial imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. United States: N. p., 1983. Web.
Willerson, J T. How reliable is myocardial imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. United States.
Willerson, J T. 1983. "How reliable is myocardial imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction". United States.
@article{osti_6148230,
title = {How reliable is myocardial imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction},
author = {Willerson, J T},
abstractNote = {Myocardial scintigraphic techniques available presently allow a sensitive and relatively specific diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction when they are used correctly, although every technique has definite limitations. Small myocardial infarcts (less than 3 gm.) may be missed, and there are temporal limitations in the usefulness of the scintigraphic techniques. The development of tomographic methodology that may be used with single-photon radionuclide emitters (including technetium and /sup 201/Tl will allow the detection of relatively small abnormalities in myocardial perfusion and regions of myocardial infarction and will help to provide a more objective interpretation of the myocardial scintigrams. The use of overlay techniques allowing simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion, infarct-avid imaging, and radionuclide ventriculograms will provide insight into the relevant aspects of the extent of myocardial damage, the relationship of damage to myocardial perfusion, and the functional impact of myocardial infarction on ventricular performance.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6148230}, journal = {Cardiovasc. Clin.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 13:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983}
}