title: Myocardial perfusion imaging during chest pain: a useful clinical tool.
abstract: A 72-year old man was injected with Tc 99m tetrofosmin during acute chest pain, in the presence of a nondiagnostic electrocardiogram (ECG). Myocardial perfusion imaging revealed a large anteroseptal defect. Subsequent catheterization confirmed left anterior descending artery disease. Acute imaging may be useful in the identification of critical disease in patients with chest pain and nondiagnostic ECG.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Hartford Hospital, CT 06102-5037, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Shehata
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: LaSala
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Heller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi