Intravenous myocardial imaging performed serially early and late after acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

The accuracy and sensitivity of myocardial imaging using intravenous Rb-81 in delineating the extent and subsequent changes in regional myocardial perfusion abnormalities were examined serially in 12 patients one to 510 days after an acute myocardial infaraction. Definite regions of decreased Rb-81 uptake were noted in 10 patients with transmural infarction. There was excellent correlation between the site of perfusion abnormalities, the electrocardiographic infarct location and the region of segmental wall motion disorders. Follow-up studies revealed in 8 of 11 patients a decrease in the extent of the perfusion defect, which was associated with an improvement in the extent and/or severity of regional wall motion disorders. Conversly, wall motion abnormalities did not change in the remaining three patients in whom perfusion abnormalities persisted unchanged. We conclude that intravenous myocardial imaging permits visualization of myocardial perfusion abnormalities early after acute myocardial infaraction. Serial imaging allows detection of changes in the extent of perfusion abnormalities, and, thus, might provide useful information with respect to the patient's prognosis and the effects of therapeutic interventions.

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