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[Isotopes and myocardial ischemia]

J R Lusson1, P Peycelon, P Barraud

  • 1Service de cardiologie, hôpital Saint-Jacques, CHRU, Clermont-Ferrand.

La Revue Du Praticien
|December 21, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) offers superior myocardial infarction diagnosis and ischemia detection compared to traditional methods. Thallium-201 SPECT effectively quantifies infarcts and assesses myocardial viability, proving valuable post-revascularization and for restenosis detection.

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