Silent myocardial ischemia during PET.
A resting perfusion defect detected during radioisotope myocardial perfusion imaging is generally thought to represent myocardial infarction. The administration of nitroglycerin during cardiac PET imaging results in improved resting defects, which suggests transiently abnormal resting perfusion with silent myocardial ischemia.
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Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA.
Grella
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Garza
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Van Tosh
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Horowitz
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D000368:Aged; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D005996:Nitroglycerin