Correlation between delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance and nitrate myocardial Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintigraphy in myocardial infarction: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) has been recently proposed as an alternative tool in identifying myocardial viability and transmural distribution of necrosis in the myocardium. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of a 71-year-old man admitted for ischemic-like...

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Autores principales: Feola, Mauro, Rosso, Gian Luca, Biggi, Alberto, Chauvie, Stephane, Leonardi, Giovanni, Margaria, Franca, Grosso, Maurizio, Ferrero, Valeria
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17967203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-120
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) has been recently proposed as an alternative tool in identifying myocardial viability and transmural distribution of necrosis in the myocardium. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of a 71-year-old man admitted for ischemic-like chest pain in which DE-MRI and post-nitrate (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin myocardial scintigraphy equally contributed to the diagnosis of previous lateral myocardial infarction. CONCLUSION: In this patient with coronary artery disease, the absence of uptake of tracer at myocardial scintigraphy appeared to be closely correlated to DE-MRI data. Cardiologists can use SPECT or DE-MRI to obtain similar information about myocardial viability.

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