Prognostic value of iodine-123 labelled BMIPP fatty acid analogue imaging in patients with myocardial infarction
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Vol. 23 (3) , 272-279
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00837625
Abstract
This study was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic value of iodine-123 labelled 15-iodophenyl3-R,S-methyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) imaging in patients with myocardial infarction. BMIPP is an iodinated methyl branched fatty acid analogue which is trapped in the myocardium with little washout, thereby reflecting fatty acid utilization in the myocardium. We previously reported that in patients with myocardial infarction, regions are often observed where reduced BMIPP uptake is seen relative to thallium-201 perfusion at rest. However, the clinical significance of such discordant BMIPP uptake remains unknown. Fifty consecutive patients with chronic myocardial infarction referred for stress thallium scan and coronary arteriography underwent BMIPP imaging at rest. Each patient was in a stable condition at the time of the radionuclide study. Follow-up was performed at a mean interval of 23 months to investigate the prognostic implications of the radionuclide studies. Nine patients had cardiac events during the follow-up period. Univariate analysis showed that the number of discordant BMIPP versus201TL uptake segments was the best predictor of future cardiac events (P=0.0245), followed by the presence of discordant BMIPP uptake (P=0.0388) and the number of201TL redistribution segments (P=0.0444). When all the clinical and radionuclide variables were analysed by Cox regression analysis, the presence of discordant BMIPP uptake was the best, and an independent, predictor of future cardiac events (χ2=8.5) followed by the number of coronary stenoses on angiography (χ2=3.9). These preliminary data suggest that decreased BMIPP uptake relative to201TL is a valuable predictor of future cardiac events in patients with myocardial infarction. Areas with such discordant BMIPP uptake may contain jeopardized myocardium where fatty acid utilization has been severely suppressed relative to myocardial perfusion.Keywords
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