TY - JOUR
T1 - Reverse perfusion pattern of Tc-99m MIBI heralding the development of myocardial infarction
AU - Fragasso, Gabriele
AU - Chierchia, Sergio L.
AU - Dosio, Flaviano
AU - Pizzetti, Giuseppe
AU - Gianolli, Luigi
AU - Fazio, Ferruccio
PY - 1996/7
Y1 - 1996/7
N2 - In a patient with sporadic atypical chest pain associated with dyspnea, stress Tc-99m MIBI imaging showed normal perfusion and inferoposterior hypoperfusion on the resting study. Although this reverse perfusion pattern was considered artifactual, the patient later had an acute myocardial infarction involving the same areas. Postinfarction stress Tc-99m MIBI imaging showed e nonreversible defect in the same area that, in the earlier study, showed a reverse perfusion pattern. The authors hypothesize that partial stenosis of the related artery with some nontransmural myocardial necrosis at the time of the initial study may be a possible cause of this peculiar Tc-99m MIBI perfusion pattern.
AB - In a patient with sporadic atypical chest pain associated with dyspnea, stress Tc-99m MIBI imaging showed normal perfusion and inferoposterior hypoperfusion on the resting study. Although this reverse perfusion pattern was considered artifactual, the patient later had an acute myocardial infarction involving the same areas. Postinfarction stress Tc-99m MIBI imaging showed e nonreversible defect in the same area that, in the earlier study, showed a reverse perfusion pattern. The authors hypothesize that partial stenosis of the related artery with some nontransmural myocardial necrosis at the time of the initial study may be a possible cause of this peculiar Tc-99m MIBI perfusion pattern.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199607000-00001
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199607000-00001
M3 - Article
C2 - 8818461
AN - SCOPUS:0029901866
VL - 21
SP - 519
EP - 522
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
SN - 0363-9762
IS - 7
ER -