Comparable uptake of thallium-201 and technetium-99m MIBI in hibernating and "maimed" myocardium.
Thallium-201 and technetium-99m-MIBI uptake are comparable in "maimed" (i.e., partially viable) and hibernating myocardium. The appreciation of myocardial viability should be based not only on the presence of a regional contractility improvement, but also on the evaluation of the initial level of contractility and of tracer uptake in the concerned area.
Lipiecki
J
J
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Maublant
J C
JC
Citron
B
B
Mestas
D
D
Jousse
F
F
Albuisson
E
E
Bourgeois
V
V
Veyre
A
A
Ponsonnaille
J
J
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi