RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Duodenogastric Reflux on <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial SPECT Mimics Left Ventricle Inferior Wall Reverse Redistribution and Falsely Decreases Ejection Fraction: A Case Report
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 193
OP 196
VO 29
IS 4
A1 Patrick Donovan
A1 Vickie Kieffer
A1 Wei-Jen Shih
YR 2001
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/29/4/193.abstract
AB 99mTc-labeled myocardial perfusion agents are excreted through the hepatobiliary system and can be used in the evaluation of the duodenogastric reflux that occurs during routine cardiac imaging. The resultant gastric activity can overlap the inferior wall of the left ventricle (LV) and can thus mimic reverse redistribution of the LV inferior wall on dual-isotope SPECT. We report a case of significant gastric activity, which leads to abnormally low LV ejection fraction and akinesis of the LV wall in addition to the appearance of reverse redistribution. This case report illustrates that care should be taken in the performance and interpretation of 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT in the presence of duodenal reflux. This condition could be mistaken for reverse redistribution in the inferior wall of the LV with concomitant underestimation of the LV and regional wall motion.