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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1995; 25:210-217 © 1995 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation |
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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