Assessment of myocardial viability in patients with myocardial infarction using twenty-four hour thallium-201 late redistribution imaging |
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Authors: | Xiang-Jun Yang Yong-Ming He Bin Zhang Yi-Wei Wu Jie Hui Ting-Bo Jiang Jian-Ping Song Zhi-Hua Liu Wen-Ping Jiang |
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Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, China. yxjdemail@163.tom.com |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Rest thallium-201 (201Tl) myocardial perfusion imaging has been widely used for evaluation of myocardial ischemia/viability after myocardial infarction, but the ideal timing for imaging after injection to maximally estimate viability is not well established. METHODS: Thirty-six patients with myocardial infarction underwent the initial, 3 h, and 24 h redistribution imaging after intravenous injection of 148-185 MBq 201Tl. The initial and 3 h images, the initial and 24 h images, and the 3 and 24 h images were compared double-blinded. RESULTS: Out of the 184 abnormal segments based on the initial imaging, 56 (30%) segments improved by at least 1 grade on the 3 h imaging while 78 (42%) segments improved by at least 1 grade on the 24 h imaging. The 24 h late imaging detected more viable myocardium than the 3 h imaging did, with a significant difference (chi2= 5.680, p = 0.017). There were 158 abnormal segments on the 3 h imaging, with average 28% (44) segments improved by at least 1 grade on the 24 h imaging. There were 128 initial abnormal segments with no improvement on the 3 h imaging. Out of these segments, the 24 h late redistribution imaging detected additional redistribution in 26 segments, taking up 20%. CONCLUSIONS: Twenty-four hour late 201Tl imaging will demonstrated additional redistribution in patients who have incompletely reversible defects on early redistribution imaging at 3h. |
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Keywords: | thallium-201 coronary artery disease myocardial viability |
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