TY - JOUR
T1 - Abnormal myocardial capillary perfusion with normal coronary arteries and valvular heart disease
AU - Goldman, Steven
AU - David Hager, W.
AU - Woolfenden, James M.
AU - Groves, Bertron M.
AU - Raessler, Kenneth L.
AU - Patton, Dennis D.
AU - Marcus, Frank I.
N1 - Funding Information:
* This work is supported by a grant from the Arizona Affiliate of the American Heart Association. No. 600536A. t Address for reprints: Steven Goldman, M.D., Cardiology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tucson, AZ 85723, U.S.A. $ Current address: University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80262, U.S.A. 1 Current address: 434 W. Gurley, Prescott, AZ 86301, U.S.A.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - The demonstration of normal coronary arteries at cardiac catheterization has been considered adequate definition of normal myocardial perfusion. To examine this, we have utilized intracoronary injections of technetium-99m labeled albumin microspheres in 11 patients with valvular heart disease, and in 13 patients with chest pain syndrome or constrictive pericarditis. Eight patients with valvular heart disease had large, patchy, irregular perfusion deficits noted on the scintiphotos. Only one of thirteen control patients had a perfusion deficit. Caution, therefore, must be used in attributing such perfusion deficits to atherosclerotic disease when valvular disease is present.
AB - The demonstration of normal coronary arteries at cardiac catheterization has been considered adequate definition of normal myocardial perfusion. To examine this, we have utilized intracoronary injections of technetium-99m labeled albumin microspheres in 11 patients with valvular heart disease, and in 13 patients with chest pain syndrome or constrictive pericarditis. Eight patients with valvular heart disease had large, patchy, irregular perfusion deficits noted on the scintiphotos. Only one of thirteen control patients had a perfusion deficit. Caution, therefore, must be used in attributing such perfusion deficits to atherosclerotic disease when valvular disease is present.
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U2 - 10.1016/0047-0740(80)90105-9
DO - 10.1016/0047-0740(80)90105-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 7440092
AN - SCOPUS:0019139666
SN - 0047-0740
VL - 7
SP - 259
EP - 265
JO - International Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
JF - International Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
IS - 3
ER -