Prevalence of right ventricular perfusion defects after inferior myocardial infarction assessed by low-level exercise with technetium 99m sestamibi tomographic myocardial imaging

• Published in: The American heart journal Vol. 127; no. 4; pp. 797 - 804
• Main Authors: Travin, Mark I., Malkin, Robert D., Garber, Carol Ewing, Messinger, Debra E., Cloutier, Donna J., Heller, Gary V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.04.1994; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Case-Control Studies; Coronary heart disease; Exercise Test; Female; Heart; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - etiology; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - pathology; Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Radionuclide study; Physical exercise; Human; Prevalence; Infarct; Right ventricle; Cardiovascular disease; Technetium; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease; Perfusion; Myocardium; Defect; Diagnosis; Radiopharmaceuticals; Positron emission tomography

To assess the prevalence of right ventricular perfusion defects after a recent inferior wall myocardial infarction, 33 patients were studied 6 to 14 days after infarction with low-level exercise testing and technetium 99m ( 99mTc) sestamibi (SPECT) imaging. Twenty-two control subjects with a <5%...