title: [Identification of acute myocardial infarction with PET and CT multislice].
abstract: Today non invasive cardiovascular imaging techniques exist, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and 16 multislice computed tomography (16-MSCT). With these studies, it is possible to evaluate the function and anatomy of the heart respectively. There is not enough information in the literature about the usefulness for 16-MSCT in the evaluation of infarcts. In this article, we show images of a patient who arrived to our institution and in whom it was possible to obtain important information with both imaging techniques. With the results, we obtained a good correlation of an infarct zone with PET and 16-MSCT. 16-MSCT is a good technique for observing infarcted zones of the heart. PET/CT is a non invasive cardiovascular imaging technique capable of giving enough anatomic and functional information.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Resonancia Magnética, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Tlalpan 14080 México.
authors.forename: Erick
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alexánderson
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Talayero
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Aloha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meave
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods