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To evaluate whether the findings of dual single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with technetium-99m pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PPi) and thallium-201 were predictive of further cardiac events in their hospital course, we studied 130 patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Fifty-four patients showed overlapping of Tc-99m PPi and thallium-201 in the same location (overlap positive group), and 76 patients had no overlap (overlap negative group). Of the 130 patients, 36 (28%) had a cardiac event. In patients in the overlap positive group, the incidence of subsequent events was significantly higher than in patients in the overlap negative group (44% versus 16%; p < 0.001). In the overlap positive group, the Tc-99m PPi uptake score and the number of overlap segments in patients with further events was significantly higher than those in patients without further events (10.2 ± 5.1 versus 6.4 ± 4.1, p < 0.005 and 5.2 ± 2.0 versus 3.3 ± 1.3, p < 0.001, respectively). These results suggest that patients who have a Tc-99m PPi and thallium-201 overlap negative scan can be candidates for early hospital discharge. In contrast, patients who have a greater number of overlap segments may require early catheterization and revascularization, so that simultaneous SPECT imaging Tc-99m PPi and thallium-201 might be useful for identifying patients with further ischemic risk after AMI in their hospital course.
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Isoda, H., Itagaki, Y., Nomura, N. et al. Dual radionuclide single-photon emission computed tomography in the prediction of further ischemic risk after acute myocardial infarction. Ann Nucl Med 12, 179–183 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164842
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164842