title: [Myocardial 99mTc-pyrophosphate scintigraphy in acute heart infarct].
abstract: 50 consecutive patients hospitalized because of suspected myocardial infarction were examined by 99mTc-pyrophosphate scintigraphy. The scans were interpreted blind by one of the authors. There were positive results in 17 of 21 patients with myocardial infarction (sensitivity 0.81). However, scintigraphy was also positive in 13 patients with no evidence of myocardial infarction as assessed by ECG and enzyme criteria (specificity 0.55). We conclude that, in our hospital, 99mTc-pyrophosphate myocardial scintigraphy did not contribute valuable information to the routine diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling Sentralsjukehuset i Møre og Romsdal Alesund.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hole
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authors.lastname: Rokkones
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011122:Polyphosphates; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D014003:Tin Polyphosphates
chemical_list: D011122:Polyphosphates; D014003:Tin Polyphosphates; C017742:technetium Tc 99m stannous pyrophosphate; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium
vernacular_title: Myokardscintigrafi med 99mTc-pyrofosfat ved akutt hjarteinfarkt.