PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wilkins, Kathryn
AU  - Reese, Lionel
TI  - Myocardial Scans and Wall Motion Studies Using Tc-99m Pyrophosphate in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarctions
DP  - 1979 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 25--28
VI  - 7
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/7/1/25.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/7/1/25.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1979 Mar 01; 7
AB  - Two different radionuclide procedures were performed on 53 patients to validate a clinical diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). A bolus of Tc-99m pyrophosphate was injected, and on the first pass of this bolus through the heart, left ventricular wall motion studies were performed. This was followed by myocardial scintigraphy. A second wall motion study in another projection was performed after a second bolus injection. Data suggest that the combination of the scintigram and wall motion study was significantly valuable in determining the patients’ diagnoses.