Comparative evaluation of the effect of balloon dilatation by exercise precordial mapping and exercise 201-thallium scintigraphy.
Precordial exercise electrocardiographic mapping and exercise 201-thallium scintigraphy were simultaneously used on sixteen patients before, shortly after and three months after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) to evaluate the immediate and late results of the intervention. In spite of the limited number of observations, positive exercise precordial mapping and or a reversible 201-thallium perfusion defect after PTCA seem to be indicative of failure of balloon dilatation or of development of restenosis in a given coronary artery. "Reverse minimum", that is the minimum in the resting precordial map which disappears on exercise, may be a sign of segmental coronary artery occlusion and well functioning collateral supply.
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2nd Medical Clinic, Postgraduate Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
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Szilvási
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Kékes
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Berentey
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D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013793:Thallium; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; C027549:thallium chloride; D013793:Thallium