Add time:09/05/2019         Source:sciencedirect.com

Technetium-99m Stannous pyrophosphate (cas 15578-26-4) (99mTc-PYP) myocardial imaging was performed in 436 consecutive patients for the evaluation of chest pain and suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Scintigrams were assessed independently by three observers with a 90% interobserver agreement. In 134 patients with documented AMI (97 transmural, 37 nontrasmural), the sensitivity of 99mTc-PYP imaging was significantly lower in patients with nontransmural AMI (41%) than in patients with transmural AMI (78%). 99mTc-PYP imaging correctly localized the site of transmural infarction in 53 patients (70%). A diffuse 99mTc-PYP uptake was found in nine (10%) of 91 patients with positive scintigrams: six of these had a transmural AMI and three nontransmural AMI. In 226 patients without AMI, the specificity of infarct imaging was 95%. A false-positive scintigram was found in 0%, 8%, 9%, and 2% of patients with unstable angina, progressive angina, stable angina, and noncardiac chest pain, respectively. A diffuse uptake was found in six (54%) of 11 patients with false-positive scintigrams. No patient with the clinical diagnosis of noncardiac chest pain showed discrete uptake. In 76 patients with uncertain diagnosis for AMI, 99mTc-PYP imaging was considered of value in 11 patients with ventricular conduction defects (two patients with WPW syndrome, nine patients with LBBB). These data suggest that: 1.1. 99mTc-PYP imaging is moderately sensitive in detecting and localizing transmural AMI and is insensitive in detecting nontransmural AMI;2.2. A discrete 99mTc-PYP uptake is highly specific for AMI;3.3. a diffuse uptake is neither sensitive to, nor specific for AMI. Myocardial imaging with 99mTc-PYP is of clinical value when the standard electrocardiographic and enzymatic techniques are inadequate for an accurate diagnosis of AMI.

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