Extracardiac Tumor Tracer Uptake in Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy | Zendy

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Extracardiac Tumor Tracer Uptake in Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy

Author(s) -

Prasad Guntur Ramkumar,

Ewan Eadie,

Gordon Marron

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.007041

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial perfusion scintigraphy , perfusion , scintigraphy , nuclear medicine , radiology , cardiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction

A 74-year-old man was referred to the Cardiology clinic with a 3-week history of exertional chest tightness. These episodes lasted a few seconds without any limitation to activity. The gentleman is an ex-smoker and a hypertensive on treatment. The results of the clinical examination and ECG were unremarkable. An exercise tolerance test was found to be negative, albeit at a subtarget heart rate. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99 m–labeled tetrofosmin was subsequently performed, and the …

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