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Morphologic correlates of technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate imaging of acute myocardial infarcts in dogs

Journal Article · · Circulation; (United States)

To obtain insight into the mechanism(s) responsible for the direct visualization of acute myocardial infarcts by myocardial scintigraphy with technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate (/sup 99m/Tc-PYP), scintigraphic and morphologic studies were performed in 22 dogs subjected to occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Grossly visible myocardial infarcts occurred in ten of 11 dogs with LAD occlusion for one day, five with LAD occlusion for two days, two with LAD occlusion for seven days and two with LAD occlusion for 13 days. Rare, microscopic foci of necrosis were observed in one dog with LAD occlusion for one day, and no lesions were present in two dogs subjected to temporary LAD occlusion for eight minutes and reflow for 24 hours. In the latter three dogs, /sup 99m/Tc-PYP myocardial scintigrams were negative. In the 19 dogs with gross infarcts, /sup 99m/Tc-PYP myocardial scintigrams were strongly positive at one and two days after LAD occlusion, much less positive at seven days and faintly positive at 13 days after occlusion. Positive myocardial scintigrams in most dogs showed ''doughnut'' patterns, with marked peripheral concentration of radioactivity around central zones of much lower activity. The data obtained in this study establish a temporal and topographical relationship between calcium accumulation in acute myocardial infarcts and /sup 99m/Tc-PYP uptake responsible for scintigraphic detection of the lesions with this radionuclide in dogs subjected to proximal LAD occlusion.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas, Dallas
OSTI ID:
7270368
Journal Information:
Circulation; (United States), Journal Name: Circulation; (United States) Vol. 52:4; ISSN CIRCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English