BMIPP Imaging in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Exercise-Induced Vasospastic Angina With Ventricular Fibrillation

Hirohiko Aikawa1, Kota Murai2, Shimpei Seiki3

  • 1Senri Critical Care Medical Center, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

JACC. Case Reports
|June 25, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Vasospastic angina (VSA) can cause cardiac arrest. Iodine-123 BMIPP SPECT imaging helps identify VSA in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors when ischemia evidence is limited, guiding further testing.