Prognostic implications of cardiac scintigraphic parameters obtained in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction
A cohort of 76 patients with acute myocardial infarction was studied with infarct-avid scan, radionuclide ventriculography, and thallium-201 myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Infarct area, left ventricular ejection fraction, and defect score were calculated as radionuclide indices of the extent of myocardial infarction. The correlation was studied between these indices and cardiac events (death, congestive heart failure, postinfarction angina, and recurrence of myocardial infarction) in the first postinfarction year. High-risk patients (nonsurvivors and patients who developed heart failure) had a larger infarct area, a lower left ventricular ejection fraction, and a larger defect score than the others. Univariate linear discriminant analysis was done to determine the optimal threshold of these parameters for distinguishing high-risk patients from others. Radionuclide parameters obtained in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction were useful for detecting both patients with grave complications and those with poor late prognosis during a mean follow-up period of 2.6 years.
- Research Organization:
- Nagoya Univ. School of Medicine (Japan)
- OSTI ID:
- 7074303
- Journal Information:
- Clin. Cardiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Cardiol.; (United States) Vol. 11:6; ISSN CLCAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
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ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
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ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
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THALLIUM 201
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