The use of thallium 201 myocardial imaging to exclude myocardial infarction after dissection in congenital coarctation of the aorta.
The use of a mobile gamma camera with thallium 201 myocardial imaging is described to exclude myocardial infarction in a patient admitted to the coronary care unit in shock and with clinical, enzyme, and ECG changes consistent with infarction. The patient suffered from acute aortic dissection associated with congenital coarctation of the aorta. The myocardial scan excluded transmural myocardial injury.
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology; D013793:Thallium
D011868:Radioisotopes; D013793:Thallium; D003402:Creatine Kinase