title: Scan analysis in myocardial infarction.
abstract: Myocardial scans with 99mTc-labelled phosphates are reported to be useful in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. A retrospective survey of 205 patients referred for 99mTc-phosphate bone scanning and with no evidence of recent heart disease revealed an occurrence of 10% of false positive images, that is to say, uptake of phosphate in non-infarcted myocardium. These striking findings stress the need for critical assessment of the usefulness of this diagnostic technique.
mesh_terms: D012968:Etidronic Acid; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium; D012968:Etidronic Acid