Thallium-201 myocardial imaging in young adults with anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery

Conference · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6786221

Moodie, D S; Cook, S A; Gill, C C; Napoli, C A

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (Bland-Garland-White syndrome) may produce myocardial ischemia, infarction, and frequently death in infancy. Some patients, however, develop satisfactory coronary artery collaterals and are relatively asymptomatic into adulthood. Very little is known about their myocardial perfusion patterns. We studied three young adults with this condition using stress thallium-201 myocardial imaging. Electrocardiograms in two patients demonstrated old arterolateral myocardial infarctions. Preoperative stress exercise tests were positive in all three patients. Marked perfusion abnormalities were found in the proximal anterolateral wall in all patients, and one patient also had a posterolateral defect. Postoperatively, all stress tests returned to normal. Thallium imaging demonstrated improvement in ischemic areas, but old scars persisted.

• Research Organization: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
• OSTI ID: 6786221
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 21:11; Conference: 28. annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 16 Jun 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DIAGNOSTIC USES
AGE DEPENDENCE
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ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
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MUSCLES
NUCLEI
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ORGANS
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