Usefulness of preoperative and postoperative /sup 99m/Tc
Journal Article
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· Am. J. Cardiol.; (United States)
To assess the usefulness of myocardial imaging with technetium-99m-stannous pyrophosphate for detecting acute myocardial necrosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, 66 such patients were studied. Tc-99m (Sn)-pyrophosphate scans were obtained in all patients 3 to 6 days postoperatively and in 45 preoperatively. Electrocardiograms and serum samples for measuring myocardial isoenzyme of creatine kinase (MB CK) levels were obtained before and serially after cardiac surgery. Seven of the 46 patients undergoing myocardial revascularization had a definite new myocardial infarction as indicated by electrocardiogram and MB CK isoenzyme concentrations, and postoperative pyrophosphate scans were abnormal in all but one. We conclude that the Tc-99m (Sn)-pyrophosphate scan is useful for analyzing the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and that, in conjunction with the electrocardiogram, it permits confirmation or exclusion of that diagnosis. Furthermore, false positive pyrophosphate scans may occur in patients with heavy valve calcifications.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, San Diego
- OSTI ID:
- 7259894
- Journal Information:
- Am. J. Cardiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Cardiol.; (United States) Vol. 39:1; ISSN AJCDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGRAMS
DISEASES
ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
MUSCLES
MYOCARDIUM
NECROSIS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SURGERY
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES