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Myocardial perfusion imaging during chest pain: a useful clinical tool
A R Shehata1, A F LaSala, G V Heller
1Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Hartford Hospital, CT 06102-5037, USA.
American Journal of Cardiac Imaging
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 72-year old man was injected with Tc 99m tetrofosmin during acute chest pain, in the presence of a nondiagnostic electrocardiogram (ECG). Myocardial perfusion imaging revealed a large anteroseptal defect. Subsequent catheterization confirmed left anterior descending artery disease. Acute imaging may be useful in the identification of critical disease in patients with chest pain and nondiagnostic ECG.