Left ventricular wall damage as an indicator for valve replacement in patients with volume overload: a radionuclide study

• Published in: Journal of cardiology Vol. 21; no. 4; p. 951
• Main Authors: Yamazaki, J, Uchi, T, Kawamura, Y, Okuzumi, I, Muto, T, Morishita, T, Koyama, N, Komatsu, H, Ohsawa, H, Yabe, Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Netherlands 1991
• Subjects: Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart Valve Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Heart Valve Diseases - surgery; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Stroke Volume; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology

Using Tl-201 myocardial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), we tried to utilize the Tl-defects to determine the timing for aortic or mitral valve replacement in cases with chronic aortic (AR) or mitral regurgitation (MR), or both. Examinations including echocardiography and angiograp...