Prediction of remote left ventricular volumes and functions after acute myocardial infarction with successful coronary intervention. |
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Authors: | Hironori Kaneko Hiroyuki Yaoita Masumi Iwai-Takano Naohiko Watanabe Keiji Sakamoto Yoshitane Seino Mikihiro Kijima Yukio Maruyama |
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Institution: | First Department of InternalMedicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima960-1295, Japan. h-kaneko@hoshipital.or.jp |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: The scintigraphic perfusion defect size (DS) at 1 week after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) predicts remote left ventricular (LV) volumes and LV ejection fraction (LVEF). The present study examined whether LV volumes and LVEF 6 months after AMI may be better predicted by the combination of LV volumes and LVEF just after reperfusion, and DS at 1 week, after AMI in patients with Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade III reperfusion by percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 48 patients with AMI and TIMI grade III reperfusion, quantitative gated SPECT (QGS) was performed just after reperfusion, and at 1 week and 6 months after AMI. LV end-diastolic volume index decreased (108+/-8 to 93+/-6 ml/m(2), p<0.05) and LVEF increased (44+/-3 to 50+/-2%, p<0.05) 6 months after AMI. In addition, they were better predicted by a combination of LV volumes and LVEF just after reperfusion and DS at 1 week after AMI. CONCLUSIONS: In AMI with TIMI grade III reperfusion, LV volumes and LVEF at 6 months after MI correlate with the values obtained just after reperfusion. Myocardial perfusion imaging combined with QGS at reperfusion may predict these late-phase parameters. |
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