title: Thallium-201 scintigraphy after acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Fifty-five patients with acute myocardial infarction were examined with thallium-201 scintigraphy before discharge from hospital. Fifty-one showed significant scintigraphic defects. The number of abnormal Q waves in a 12-lead ECG but not the maximal ASAT value for each patient were correlated to the total estimated image defect. Mortality during the follow-up period of 14-28 months was not related to the estimated total image defect, but the two early deaths occurred among patients with the most dilated left ventricles.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013793:Thallium
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D013793:Thallium