title: Silent myocardial ischemia in patients with myocardial infarction: evaluation with positron emission computed tomography.
abstract: To evaluate myocardial blood flow and glucose utilization, N-13 ammonia and F-18 deoxyglucose positron emission tomography were performed in 33 patients with myocardial infarction. The N-13 ammonia study was performed at rest and during supine exercise, and the F-18 deoxyglucose was done at rest after greater than or equal to 5 hours of fasting. Based on angina, exercise-induced hypoperfusion, and deoxyglucose uptake, 3 groups of patients were classified; 10 patients in group I (neither angina nor exercise induced hypoperfusion), 8 patients in group II (painless exercise-induced hypoperfusion) and 15 patients in group III (anginal patients with/without exercise-induced hypoperfusion). The F-18 deoxyglucose positron study demonstrated accumulation of deoxyglucose in 6 patients in group I, 7 in group II, and 14 in group III. Thus, our results indicated that a significant number of patients with antecedent myocardial infarction had exercise-induced hypoperfusion and/or altered glucose metabolism without accompanying anginal pain.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto University College of Medical Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kambara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fudo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonekura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000641:Ammonia; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005080:Exercise Test; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009590:Nitrogen Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D009590:Nitrogen Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D000641:Ammonia; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose