title: [Early test of thallium dipyridamole after myocardial infarction: prognostic value and correlation with coronarography].
abstract: Fifty three patients were studied with dipyridamole thallium myocardial scintigraphy, 4 to 6 days after a first episode of myocardial infarction. Localization of infarction was anterior in 25 and inferior in 28. Infarction was confirmed by myocardial scintigraphy in 87% of cases. A non q wave myocardial infarction was present in 5 of the 7 patients with negative scintigraphy. Residual myocardial ischemia was suggested by myocardial scintigraphy in 68% of patients. Correlated to coronary arteriography, sensitivity for myocardial ischemia was 80%, specificity 82%. After a mean follow up of 11.2 months, 22 of 36 patients with positive myocardial scintigraphy had new coronary events, 15 of them requiring myocardial revascularization. In contrast, only 2 of 17 patients with negative scintigraphy had new events (p < 0.05). Thus dipyridamole thallium myocardial scintigraphy early after myocardial infarction is a valuable prognostic test.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, P Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunstmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corbalán
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Olea
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orellana
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchant
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Puschel
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Galleguillos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000009:adverse effects; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013793:Thallium
chemical_list: D004176:Dipyridamole; D013793:Thallium
vernacular_title: Prueba de talio dipiridamol precoz postinfarto del miocardio: valor pronóstico y correlación con coronariografía.