Identification of viable myocardium with technetium-99m-MIBI infusion

J Nucl Med. 1995 Jun;36(6):1037-9.

Abstract

A 50-yr-old man was evaluated using standard stress/rest 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) perfusion imaging, rest thallium infusion imaging and rest 99mTc-MIBI infusion imaging prior to revascularization. Resting 99mTc-MIBI infusion imaging demonstrated hibernating myocardium which was not detected with standard stress/rest 99mTc-MIBI imaging. The implication from this observation is that resting 99mTc-MIBI infusion scintigraphy can provide useful information when evaluating patients for the presence of hibernating myocardium. A prospective comparison of resting 99mTc-MIBI infusion scintigraphy with other noninvasive techniques used to identify viable myocardium may be warranted.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Disease / surgery
  • Exercise Test
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Stunning / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi