TRANSIENT TRANSMURAL REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL BLOOD-FLOW, DEMONSTRATED BY THALLIUM-201 SCINTIGRAPHY, AS A CAUSE OF VARIANT ANGINA
TRANSIENT TRANSMURAL REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL BLOOD-FLOW, DEMONSTRATED BY THALLIUM-201 SCINTIGRAPHY, AS A CAUSE OF VARIANT ANGINA
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.54.2.280
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
PESOLA, A
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作者:
MASERI, A;PARODI, O;PESOLA, A
Previous studies showed that variant angina could not be attributed to increased myocardial demands. To investigate whether a reduction of regional myocardial blood supply could be responsible for these ischemic episodes, regional myocardial perfusion was studied in 6 patients admitted to the coronary care unit. Myocardial scintigrams, obtained 5-7 min following i.v. injection of 1 mCi of Tl-201, performed during an episode of ST-segment elevation, showed transmural deficits of tracer uptake in the heart wall corresponding to the leads showing ST-segment elevation. These regional deficits had disappeared by 2 h because of late uptake in previously ischemic myocardium. Following injections performed in the absence of acute ischemia (1 wk later), no deficit was apparent. Tracer uptake in ischemic areas was 60-85% of that observed 1 wk later. After adjusting for Tl-201 kinetics and counting geometry problems, these scintigrams actually represented large underestimations of actual flow reduction. Variant angina appeared to be caused by massive transmural reduction of myocardial blood supply.