The value of technetium99m pyrophosphate scanning in the diagnosis of myocardial contusion
Journal Article
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· Am. Surg.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6568922
Twelve patients who sustained significant blunt chest trauma and had abnormal electrocardiographic changes unrelated to hypotension, hypoxia, or pre-existing myocardial disease were studied prospectively during a one-year period. The patients were divided into two groups on the basis of serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK)/MB isoenzyme concentrations: Group A (six patients) had normal CPK/MB isoenzymes (less than 8 IU), and Group B (six patients) had elevated CPK/MB isoenzymes (greater than 8 IU). All patients underwent cardiac scanning with technetium99m pyrophosphate. All studies were interpreted as normal. These data suggest that technetium99m pyrophosphate scanning is not a reliable adjunctive test to confirm myocardial contusion in patients with significant blunt trauma of the chest. However, the diagnosis of myocardial contusion in such patients can be established by the presence of abnormal electrocardiographic changes associated with an elevation of the serum CPK/MB isoenzyme concentration.
- Research Organization:
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore
- OSTI ID:
- 6568922
- Journal Information:
- Am. Surg.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Surg.; (United States) Vol. 48:9; ISSN AMSUA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGRAMS
ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS
ENZYME ACTIVITY
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INJURIES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOENZYMES
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PYROPHOSPHATES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES