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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1995; 25:210-217
© 1995 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Rest-redistribution thallium-201 scintigraphy to determine myocardial viability early after myocardial infarction

CT Lomboy, DS Schulman, HP Grill, AR Flores, JE Orie, and JE Granato

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg 15212.

OBJECTIVES. This study attempted to determine the utility of early rest-redistribution thallium-201 imaging in detecting residual myocardial viability after myocardial infarction. BACKGROUND. The early detection of myocardial viability after myocardial infarction would have clinical relevance. METHODS. Thirty-one patients with acute myocardial infarction had early (mean [+/- SD] 2 +/- 1 day) rest-redistribution thallium-201 imaging followed by radionuclide and coronary angiography. Late studies included stress-redistribution-reinjection thallium-201 imaging or radionuclide angiography, or both. Viability was defined by the rest thallium-201 scan as an initial mild rest defect or any defect that demonstrated redistribution. RESULTS. Group 1 (n = 15) was predicted to have viable and Group 2 (n = 16) nonviable myocardium in the infarct zone. Group 1 patients were more likely to have a patent infarct-related artery (15 of 15 vs. 10 of 16, p < 0.03), higher initial ejection fraction (61 +/- 12% vs. 53 +/- 9%, p < 0.05), higher infarct wall motion score (p < 0.0001) and fewer abnormal thallium-201 segments (p < 0.0001). On follow-up studies, ejection fraction improved in Group 1 (from 57 +/- 13% to 66 +/- 10%, p < 0.05, n = 9) and deteriorated in Group 2 (from 53 +/- 10% to 46 +/- 8%, p < 0.05, n = 13). On late stress testing with thallium-201 reinjection, Group 1 patients had fewer abnormal segments (p < 0.03) and higher infarct zone counts during exercise (p < 0.05) and after reinjection (p < 0.05) than Group 2 patients. CONCLUSIONS. If confirmed by larger studies, early rest-redistribution thallium-201 imaging may be a useful technique for identifying residual viability after myocardial infarction.


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