Volume 9, Issue 4 (2-1996)
Med J Islam Repub Iran 1996 |
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From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology, Shahid Rajai Cardiovascular Center. Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Abstract: (3700 Views)
Currently, myocardial TI-201 scintigraphy is most often performed in
conjunction with exercise stress testing in patients with suspected or known CAD.
Stress thallium tests were performed for 156 patients with and without old
myocardial infarctions complaining of chest pain. All of them underwent contrast
coronary angiography. Perfusion defects were mostly manifested as reversible
defects (R). Sensitivity of visual detection was generally 93%. The anteroseptal
wall and septum showed defects more often than the other segments in patients
with LAD stenosis. The inferolateral walls showed the least defects in RCA
involvement. There was a significant difference between mean stenosis of LADs
(90± 10%) and CXs (82±11 %) (P
Type of Study: Original Research |
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