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Case Reports
. 2010 Dec;17(6):1118-21.
doi: 10.1007/s12350-010-9265-8.

Coronary steal: revealing the diagnosis with quantitative cardiac PET/CT

Mechteld Heijne  1 , Pieter G Raijmakers, Hendrik J Harms, Mark Lubberink, Rick Halbmeijer, Yolande E Appelman, Paul Knaapen
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Case Reports

Coronary steal: revealing the diagnosis with quantitative cardiac PET/CT

Mechteld Heijne et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2010 Dec.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Upper row: baseline ECG compatible with subacute inferior wall myocardial infarction. Lower row: ST-segment elevation in lead III, AVF with reciprocal depression in leads AVL and V2-4 during stress
Figure 2
Figure 2
CTCA shows total occlusion of midtraject of the RCA, the distal segment shows contrast opacification caused by collateral filling
Figure 3
Figure 3
3D fusion of the parametric perfusion PET, with the RCA derived from the CTCA, during rest (left) and vasodilation (right) with corresponding colorscale of absolute perfusion ranging from 0 to 1.0 expressed in mL/minute/g of perfusable tissue. The PET/CT stress images reveal a small perfusion defect during rest which expands to the inferior, inferoseptal, and inferolateral wall during vasodilation
Figure 4
Figure 4
Parametric polar map of absolute quantitative myocardial perfusion (mL/minute/g of perfusable tissue) at rest (right upper quadrant), stress (left upper quadrant), and flow reserve (left lower quadrant). A decreased flow reserve is displayed in inferior, inferolateral, and inferoseptal wall with according quantitative parameters
Figure 5
Figure 5
Angiographic images showing the coronary lesion of the RCA before (A) and after stenting (B). Arrow indicates coronary lesion
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