Milking-like effect of the left anterior descending coronary artery as the first sign of mechanical complication after myocardial infarction

Author(s):  
Ariana Gonzálvez-García ◽  
Santiago Jiménez-Valero ◽  
Laura Rodríguez-Sotelo ◽  
Alfonso Jurado-Román ◽  
Guillermo Galeote ◽  
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1984 ◽  
Vol 23 (06) ◽  
pp. 317-319
Author(s):  
J. Novák ◽  
Y. Mazurová ◽  
J. Kubíček ◽  
J. Yižd’a ◽  
P. Kafka ◽  
...  

SummaryAcute myocardial infarctions were produced by ligature of the left frontal descending coronary artery in 9 dogs. The possibility of scintigraphic imaging with 99mTc-DMSA 4 hrs after intravenous administration was studied. The infarctions were 4, 24 and 48 hrs old. The in vivo scan was positive in only one dog with a 4-hr old infarction. The in vivo scans were confirmed by the analysis of the radioactivity in tissue samples. The accumulation of the radiopharmaceutical increased slightly in 48-hr old lesions; however, this increase was not sufficient for a positive scintigraphic finding. Thus, we do not recommend 99mTc-DMSA for clinical use in acute lesions.


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