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Rest and nitroglycerine myocardial viability scan

Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 06 Nov, 2009

Rest and nitroglycerine 99mTc myocardial viability scan Click on the image for an enlarged view Rest images were obtained after intravenous administration of 8 mCi of 99mTc. 25 mCi of 99mTc was injected after 5 mg of sublingual nitroglycerine hours later and rest gated images obtained. Exercise was deferred in view of clinical background of [...]

Anterior and inferior wall infarct on 99m Tc myocardial perfusion imaging. 25 mci of 99mTc tetrofosmin was administered for stress imaging and 8 mci for rest imaging. This person was asymptomatic at 9.1 METS of Bruce protocol on treadmill exercise. Lateral wall is seen to be well perfused and there is no infarct in the [...]