title: New method of estimating myocardial infarct size using technetium-99m pyrophosphate and thallium-201 dual single photon emission computed tomography imaging.
abstract: A new method was devised to estimate infarct size using dual single photon emission computed tomography with thallium-201 and technetium-99m pyrophosphate. Designating the ratio of infarct area to whole myocardial volume as %MI, the correlation of %MI with other markers of left ventricular dysfunction was examined: peak creatine kinase, ejection fraction and left ventricular asynergy. As %MI correlated well with these markers, it is considered that %MI will be useful for estimating infarct size and predicting the severity of left ventricular dysfunction in the early stage of acute myocardial infarction.
authors: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe city, Japan.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Maruyama
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Kato
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Ito
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tanaka
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Yoshimoto
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kishi
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Numano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D003402:Creatine Kinase