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Thallium-201 and Technetium-99m-Pyrophospate Myocardial Imaging in the Coronary Care Unit

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Editors:
  1. Frans J. Th. Wackers

    1. Department of Medicine Cardiology Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 9)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Instrumentation for Radionuclide Cardiology

    1. Instrumentation for Radionuclide Cardiology

      • Samuel Lewis, Ernest Stokely, Robert Parkey
      Pages 1-44

  3. Accumulation of Radiopharmaceuticals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Mechanisms of Thallium-201 Myocardial Accumulation

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Gerard Samson
      Pages 47-59

    3. Mechanisms of Technetium-99m-Pyrophosphate Accumulation in Damaged Myocardium

      • L. Maximilian Buja, Robert W. Parkey, Ernest Stokely, Frederick J. Bonte, James T. Willerson
      Pages 60-67

  4. Normal Scintigraphic Images

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Thallium-201 Myocardial Imaging

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers
      Pages 71-104

    3. Technetium-99m-Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging

      • Robert W. Parkey, Frederick J. Bonte, Samuel E. Lewis, James T. Willerson
      Pages 105-113

  5. Acute Myocardial Infarction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Thallium-201 Myocardial Imaging in Acute Myocardial Infarction

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers, K. I. Lie, Ellinor Busemann Sokole, Hein J. J. Wellens, Gerard Samson, Jan B. van der Schoot
      Pages 117-160

    3. Technetium-99m-Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging in Acute Myocardial Infarction

      • James T. Willerson, Robert W. Parkey, Frederick J. Bonte, Samuel E. Lewis, Ernest Stokely, L. Maximilian Buja
      Pages 161-172

    4. Comparative Value and Limitations of Thallium-201 and Technetium-99m-Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging in Acute Myocardial Infarction

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Robert W. Parkey, Frederick J. Bonte, James T. Willerson
      Pages 173-176

    5. Dual Imaging in Acute Myocardial Infarction

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Ellinor Buseman Sokole, Jan van der Schoot, Gerard Samson, Samuel Lewis, Robert W. Parkey et al.
      Pages 177-195

  6. Unstable Angina Pectoris

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Thallium-201 Myocardial Imaging in Unstable Agina and Variant Angina

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers, K. I. Lie, Koen L. Liem, Ellinor Busemann Sokole, Jan B. van der Schoot
      Pages 199-216

    3. Technetium-99m-Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging in Unstable Angina

      • James T. Willerson, Robert W. Parkey, Frederick J. Bonte, Samuel E. Lewis, L. Maximilian Buja
      Pages 217-219

  7. Myocardial Imaging in Patients With Atypical Chest Pain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Thallium-201 Myocardial Imaging as a Selection Method for the Coronary Care Unit

      • Frans J. Th. Wackers, K. I. Lie, Ellinor Busemann Sokole, Gerard Samson, Jan B. van der Schoot
      Pages 223-235

    3. Technetium-99m-Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging in Patients with Atypical Chest Pain

      • James T. Willerson, Robert W. Parkey, Frederick J. Bonte, Ernest Stokely, Samuel E. Lewis, L. Maximilian Buja
      Pages 236-238

  8. Concluding Remarks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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About this book

Noninvasive visualization of myocardial infarction using radionuclides dates back over eighteen years. Edward A. Carr and William H. Beierwaltes were first to report (1962) successful external imaging of myocardial infarcts in dogs and in man using an Anger scintillation camera. They demonstrated that after intravenous administration of 86Rb or l3ICS an infarct was visualized as a "cold spot", while 203Hg-labeled-chlormeridin resulted in a "hot-spot" image of the infarct. Since then, there have been major developmental improvements in avail­ able radionuclides, scintillation cameras and computer processing capabilities. In particular, the development of mobile gamma cameras opened the possi­ bility to obtain high quality images even at the bedside of critically ill patients. Since the development in 1974 of a new radiopharmaceutical, 20lTI and the application of 99mTc-pyrophosphate for myocardial imaging, these imaging agents are widely used for the detection of acute myocardial infarction. However, for practical application, frequently there appears to be uncertainty or even confusion concerning the relative merits of each method.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine Cardiology Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Frans J. Th. Wackers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thallium-201 and Technetium-99m-Pyrophospate Myocardial Imaging in the Coronary Care Unit

  • Editors: Frans J. Th. Wackers

  • Series Title: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8904-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers bv. The Hague 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-2396-6Due: 30 November 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8906-1Published: 04 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8904-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-9842

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 266

  • Topics: Cardiology

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