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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Areas of myocardial infarction may retain glycolytic activity and this finding is indicative of tissue viability and predictive of functional recovery after revascularization. In order to assess the relation between the time elapsed from the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction and persistence of myocardial metabolic activity in the infarcted tissue, we prospectively studied 65 patients with previous myocardial infarction diagnosed clinically and by electrocardiographic (Q wave) and enzymatic criteria. All patients underwent coronary angiography and contrast left ventriculography, evaluation of regional myocardial glucose metabolism (in the fasting state) by positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([18F]FDG), and assessment of myocardial perfusion by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with technetium-99m methoxyisobutyl isonitrile (99mTc-MIBI). Based on the regional metabolic and perfusion findings, patients were divided into 2 groups, depending on the absence (group 1, 26 patients) or presence (group 2, 39 patients) of [18F]FDG uptake in the underperfused regions. Areas of underperfusion at rest, consistent with the clinically identified myocardial infarction site, were observed in all patients. Severity of coronary artery disease, presence of collaterals, number of hypocontractile segments, and wall motion score did not differ significantly in the 2 groups. The time elapsed from the infarction was significantly greater (1,860 +/- 1,333 days) in group 1 than in group 2 (92 +/- 115 days; p < 0.0001). Exercise caused an increase in severity and/or extent of resting perfusion abnormalities in a greater proportion of patients of group 1 (53% vs 23%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131G-139G
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Confounding Factors (Epidemiology), pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Deoxyglucose, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Fluorine Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Tomography, Emission-Computed, pubmed-meshheading:8279350-Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Time dependence of residual tissue viability after myocardial infarction assessed by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't