Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion Imaging After Percutaneous
Resource
Clinical Nuclear Medicine v.34 pp.38-39
Journal
Clinical
Journal Volume
v.34
Journal Issue
Nuclear
Pages
38-39
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
LU, CHING-CHU
YEN, RUOH-FANG
CHENG, MEI -FANG
LIN, LUNG-CHUN
Abstract
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation has been widely used in treating patients with coronary artery disease. Persistent post-PCI angina is a common symptom. We report on a 66-year-old man who had intense chest tightness after drug -eluting stent implantation in the left anterior descending artery and balloon dilatation in the OM1 branch of the left circumflex artery. Because the patient’smyocardial perfusion imaging performed 16 days after PCI revealed much worse ischemic condition than the pre-PCI myocardial perfusion imaging did, he received an emergent cardiac catheterization the next day. However, no subacute stent thrombosis or intrastent restenosis was found.
Subjects
myocardial perfusion imaging
thallium-201
false positive
percutaneous coronary intervention