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Comparable uptake of thallium-201 and technetium-99m MIBI in hibernating and "maimed" myocardium
J Lipiecki1, J C Maublant, B Citron
1Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|November 5, 1997
Abstract:
Thallium-201 and technetium-99m-MIBI uptake are comparable in "maimed" (i.e., partially viable) and hibernating myocardium. The appreciation of myocardial viability should be based not only on the presence of a regional contractility improvement, but also on the evaluation of the initial level of contractility and of tracer uptake in the concerned area.