Thallium-201 scintigraphy in the diagnosis and management of myocardial sarcoidosis

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Southern Medical Journal; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199003000-00022· OSTI ID:6969085

Fields, C L; Ossorio, M A; Roy, T M; Denny, D M; Varga, D W ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Louisville School of Medicine, KY (USA)

We have described three patients with clinical evidence of myocardial sarcoidosis to illustrate the utility of thallium-201 scintigraphy in demonstrating the myocardial lesions. Both the symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals studied showed the characteristic reverse redistribution phenomenon. No abnormalities were seen during the exercise phase of the thallium study, but myocardial defects were detected in each patient when repeat studies were obtained at rest six hours later. Steroid therapy resolved the defects in each case. We propose thallium-201 scintigraphy of the heart as a safe and useful tool for documenting myocardial involvement in sarcoidosis and following the effects of therapy.

• OSTI ID: 6969085
• Journal Information: Southern Medical Journal; (USA), Vol. 83:3; ISSN 0038-4348
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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