Background Myocardial ischaemic burden assessed by myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) is commonly used to riskstratify patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Accurate estimation of ischaemic burden by CMR with two-dimensional imaging is limited by incomplete myocardial coverage to a small number (usually three) of non-contiguous sections. The aim of this study was to compar...

although thallium-201 exercise scintigraphy has been established for the detection of myocardial ischemia and viability, little is known regarding the myocardial thallium-201 kinetics during angioplasty. herein, we report a 77-year old man with angina pectoris, in whom serial myocardial imaging after a single dose of thallium-201 was helpful in identifying not only the culprit lesion and myocar...

BACKGROUND Non-invasive cardiological methods have been used for the identification of myocardial damage in Chagas disease. OBJECTIVE To verify whether the rest/stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is able to identify early myocardial damage in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease. METHODS Eighteen patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas Disease and the same number of normal ...

Although thallium-201 exercise scintigraphy has been established for the detection of myocardial ischemia and viability, little is known regarding the myocardial thallium-201 kinetics during angioplasty. Herein, we report a 77-year old man with angina pectoris, in whom serial myocardial imaging after a single dose of thallium-201 was helpful in identifying not only the culprit lesion and myocar...

introduction: we aimed to assess whether the vasodilator effect of oral dipyridamole on the left ventricular systolic function in patients with suspected cad is different from that of intravenous (iv) dipyridamole using tc-99m mibi myocardial perfusion gated spect. methods: eighty-nine patients (17 m / 72 w; 61 ± 10 years) were enrolled in this study. the patients underwent a dipyridamole stres...

Introduction: We aimed to assess whether the vasodilator effect of oral dipyridamole on the left ventricular systolic function in patients with suspected CAD is different from that of intravenous (IV) dipyridamole using Tc-99m MIBI myocardial perfusion gated SPECT. Methods: Eighty-nine patients (17 M / 72 W; 61 ± 10 years) were enrolled in this study. The patients underwent a dipyridamole stre...

The cover image is based on the Research Article Assessing cardiac mechanical dyssynchrony in left bundle branch area pacing and right ventricular septal using myocardial perfusion scintigraphy acute phase of pacemaker implantation by Keisuke Miyajima MD et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.15609.

BACKGROUND Modern diagnostic strategy in coronary artery disease (CAD) makes it necessary not only to establish a diagnosis but also to assess the cardiovascular risk. It is not clear which strategy should be followed in the case of women with positive ECG stress test results to assess prognosis and start appropriate diagnostics and treatment.The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic va...

UNLABELLED The myocardial perfusion scintigraphy acquisition and analysis present some technical differences in the rare dextrocardia cases. Here we report a case of a 38 year-old woman with dextrocardia who had been applied myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Presented case showed that the thoracic and abdominal organs had a mirror image with situs inversus totalis type dextrocardia. The incide...