Myocardial perfusion and function of the systemic right ventricle in patients after atrial switch procedure for complete transposition: long-term follow-up
Barbara Lubiszewska, MD*,
Elzbieta Gosiewska, MD ,
Piotr Hoffman, MD, PhD ,
Anna Teresi ska, MSc ,
Jacek Ró a ski, MD ,
Walerian Piotrowski, MSc||,
Wanda Rydlewska-Sadowska, MD, PhD, FESC ,
Krystyna Kubicka, MD, PhD¶ and
Witold Ru y o, MD, PhD, FESC*
* Department of General Cardiology, Epidemiology and Prevention, National Institute of Cardiology Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, National Institute of Cardiology Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Noninvasive Cardiology, Epidemiology and Prevention, National Institute of Cardiology Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Epidemiology and Prevention, National Institute of Cardiology Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
|| Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Epidemiology and Prevention, National Institute of Cardiology Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
¶ Department of Cardiology, Childrens Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

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Figure 1 Myocardial scan obtained with technetium 99m MIBI in a patient with normal perfusion: right ventricle, pairs of slices at stress (upper panels) and rest; (a) vertical long axis view, (b) horizontal long axis view, (c) cross-sectional view.
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Figure 2 Myocardial scan obtained with technetium 99m MIBI in a patient with reversible perfusion defects in the anterior wall (arrowheads) and inferior wall (arrows) of the right ventricle: pairs of slices at stress (upper panels) and rest; (a) vertical long axis view, (b) horizontal long axis view, (c) cross-sectional view.
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