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Imaging of Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Technetium 99m Labelled Phosphate Compounds
Author(s) -
Kerr G. D.,
Pitt A.,
Wong C. C. L.,
Dugdale L. M.,
Anderson S. T.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1977.tb03346.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , technetium 99 , technetium 99m , technetium , pyrophosphate , isotopes of technetium , cardiology , infarction , myocardial imaging , nuclear medicine , radiology , scintigraphy , enzyme , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics
Summary Imaging of acute myocardial infarction using Technetium 99m labelled phosphate compounds. G. D. Kerr, A. Pitt, C. C. L. Wong, L. M. Dugdale and S. T. Anderson, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1977, 7. pp. 1–7. Technetium 99m pyrophosphate or polyphosphate administered intravenously roon after acute myocardial infarction produces positive images of the area and extent of myocardial necrosis. Forty‐four patients have been studied of whom 39 had myocardial infarction. There was good correlation of the site and extent of infarction as indicated by the scintigram with electrocardiogram and cardiac enzyme criteria.