Reverse Redistribution in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Revisited with 64-slice MDCT

Minkyung Lee; Jeong Ho Kim; Minki Yoon; Kyung Hoon Hwang; In-Suck Choi; Soo Jin Choi; Wonsick Choe

doi:10.1007/s13139-010-0019-y

Reverse Redistribution in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Revisited with 64-slice MDCT

Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Jun;44(2):154-6. doi: 10.1007/s13139-010-0019-y. Epub 2010 Apr 21.

Authors

Minkyung Lee¹, Jeong Ho Kim², Minki Yoon³, Kyung Hoon Hwang¹, In-Suck Choi⁴, Soo Jin Choi², Wonsick Choe⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
² Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pohang, South Korea.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
⁵ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea ; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, 108 Pyung-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, 110-746 Korea.

Abstract

The authors report myocardial perfusion imaging of a patient showing reverse redistribution (RR) and a 64-slice multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) with corresponding findings. The patient had subendocardial myocardial infarction (MI) with positive electrocardiogram (EKG) findings and elevated levels of cardiac isoenzymes. Experiencing this case emphasizes the importance of complementary correlation of a new diagnostic modality that helps us to understand the nature of RR.

Keywords: 64-slice multidetector-row CT; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Reverse redistribution; Subendocardial MI.