Value and Limitations of Thallium-201 Scintigraphy in the Acute Phase of Myocardial Infarction
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 295 (1) , 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197607012950101
Abstract
We examined the diagnostic usefulness of thallium-201 scintigraphy in 200 patients with acute myocardial infarction. The scintiscans showed a defect, suggesting infarction in 165. In all 44 patients studied within six hours after onset of symptoms the scintiscans indicated a defect. Frequency of positive scans was significantly higher (90 of 96) in patients studied within 24 hours after onset than in those (75 of 104) studied later (P<0.01).Keywords
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